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Bodrum Castle at night, Turkey.

Bodrum Harbor and castle Turkey

Bodrum Castle at night, Turkey.

Orange color bulp tentacle anemone, Entacmae quadricolor, Sangeang Island, Indonesia

Trispot damselfishes, Dascyllus trimaculatus, Sangeang Island, Indonesia

Sea slug, Ceratosoma trilabatum, Sangeang Island, Indonesia

Triplefin goby, Helcogramma striatum, on a giant clam, Komodo National Park, Indonesia

Mushroom coral, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.

Stonycoral ghostgoby, Pleurosicya micheli, on a hardcoral, Komodo National Park, Indonesia

Soft coral polys, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.

Stonycoral ghostgoby, Pleurosicya micheli, on a hardcoral, Komodo National Park, Indonesia

Juvenile many spotted sweetlips, Plectorhinchus chaetodonoides, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.

Whitemargin stargazer, Uranoscopus sulphureus, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.

A giant branching table coral, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.

Reef scenic with redfin anthiases, Pseudanthias dispar, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.

Reef scenic with massive school of scalefin anthiasesi Pseudanthias squamipinnis, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.

Reef scenic with yellowback fusiliers, Caesio xanthonota, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.

Reef scenic with massive school of damsels, Chromis scotochiloptera, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.

Reef scenic with soft corals and anthiases, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.

Reef scenic with soft corals and purple queen anthiases, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.

Reef scenic with crinoids and fusiliers, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.

Reef scenic with Morish idols, Zanclus cornutus, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.

Reef scenic with soft corals and fusiliers, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.

Reef scenic with soft corals and fusiliers, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.

Reef closeup with bignose unicornfish, Naso vlamingii, and tubastrea corals, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.

Reef closeup with emperor angelfish, Pomacanthus imperator, and tubastrea corals, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.

Reef scenic with tubastrea corals and anthiases, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.

Bicolor bleny, Ecsenius bicolor, Nusa Kode, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.

Redtooth triggerfish, Odonus niger, Rincha Island, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.

Blacktip grouper, Epinephelus fasciatus, Rincha Island, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.

An undescribed flasher wrasse, Paracheilinus sp., Nusa Kode, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.

Dartfish, Nemeteleotris magnifica, Rincha Island, Komodo National park, Indonesia.

Royal dotyback, Pseudochromis paccagnellae, Nusa Kode, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.

Zebra crab, Zebrida adamsii, on a fire urchin, Asthenosoma varium, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.

Stonycoral ghostgoby, Pleurosicya micheli, Rincha Island, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.

Male squarespot anthias, Pseudanthias, pleurotaenia, Nusa Kode, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.

Reef scenic with anthias, Rincha Island, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.

Reef scenic with anthias and cardinalfishes, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.

Reef scenic with anthias, Rincha Island, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.

Bluelined snapper school, Lujanus casmira, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.

Reef scenic with anthias and damselfishes, Rincha Island, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.

Spotnape cardinalfishes, Apogon notatus, sheltering inside the blackcoral brranches, Rincha Island, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.

Reef scenic with colorful reef fishes and magnificient sea anemone, Rincha Island, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.

Reef scenic with colorful reef fishes and magnificient sea anemone, Rincha Island, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.

Reef scenic with colorful crinoids, Rincha Island, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.

Emperor angelfishes, Pomacanthus imperator, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.

Reef scenic with colorful crinoids, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.

Reef scenic with scalefin anthiases, Pseudanthias squamipinnis, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.

Reef scenic with scalefin anthiases, Pseudanthias squamipinnis, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.

Reef scenic with anthias and damselfishes, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.

Yellowmask surgeonfish school, Acanthurus mata, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.

Reef scenic with anthias and surgeonfishes, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.

Bobtail squid, Euprymna berryi, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.

Reef scenic, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.

Porcelain crab, Porcellanella triloba, in a seapen, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.

Sand anemone, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.

Zebra crabs, Zebrida adamsii, on a fire urchin, Asthenosoma varium, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.

Zebra crabs, Zebrida adamsii, on a fire urchin, Asthenosoma varium, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.

Spiny devilfish, Inimicus didactylus, in a perfect camouflage on a sand bottom, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.

Reef scenic with colorful crinoids, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.

Reef scenic with colorful crinoids, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.

Epaulette soldierfishhes, Myripristis kuntee, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.

Reef scenic with clark anemonfishes, Amphiprion clarkii, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.

Reef scenic with colorful crinoids, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.

Giant frogfish, Antennarius commersoni, camouflaging around sponges, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.

Colorful reef scenic with tubastrea hard corals and crinoids, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.

Colorfyl reef scenic from Komodo National Park Indonesia.

Colorfyl reef scenic from Komodo National Park Indonesia.

Colorful reef scenic with tubastrea hard corals and crinoids, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.

Colorful reef scenic with tubastrea hard corals and crinoids, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.

Reef scenic with red tooth trigger fishes, Odonus niger, Komodo National Park Indonesia.

Golden sweepers in a massive school sheltering between corals, Parapriacanthus ransonetti, Komodo National Park Indonesia.

Reef scenic with Clark anemonefishes, Amphiprion clarkii, Komodo National Park Indonesia.

Reef scenic with Clark anemonefishes, Amphiprion clarkii, Komodo National Park Indonesia.

Golden sweepers in a massive school sheltering between corals, Parapriacanthus ransonetti, Komodo National Park Indonesia.

Reef scenic with amazing diversity of corals, invertebrates and fishes, Komodo National Park Indonesia.

Reef scenic with colorful corals and crinoids, Komodo National Park Indonesia.

Sea cucumber, Cucumaria miniata, Komodo National Park Indonesia.

Goby on a tubastrea coral, Komodo National Park Indonesia.

Reef scenic with colorful corals and crinoids, Komodo National Park Indonesia.

Venomous sea urchin, Asthenosoma varium, Komodo National Park Indonesia.

Skin details of chinamanfish, Symphorus nematophorus, Komodo National Park Indonesia.

Triplefin goby, Hecogramma sp., on a sea squirt, Komodo National Park Indonesia.

Nudibranch, Nembrotha purpureolineata, Komodo National Park Indonesia.

Chinamanfish, Symphorus nematophorus, Komodo National Park Indonesia.

Chiseltooth wrasse, Pseudodax mollucanus, Komodo National Park Indonesia.

Tiny brittlestar on an undescribed starfish, Komodo National Park Indonesia.

Emperor angelfish, Pomacanthus imperator, Komodo National Park Indonesia.

Clownfish, Amphiprion ocellaris, in a magnificient sea anemone, Heteractis magnifica, Komodo National Park Indonesia.

Orange anemonefishes, Amphiprion sandaracinos, in a Merten's sea anemone, Komodo National Park Indonesia.

Orange anemonefishes, Amphiprion sandaracinos, in a Merten's sea anemone, Komodo National Park Indonesia.

Cleaner wrasses, Labroides dimidiatus, cleaning parasites of ribbon sweetlips, Plectorhinchus polytaenia, Komodo National Park Indonesia.

Cleaner wrasses, Labroides dimidiatus, cleaning parasites of ribbon sweetlips, Plectorhinchus polytaenia, Komodo National Park Indonesia.

Cleaner wrasses, Labroides dimidiatus, cleaning parasites of pearly monocle bream, Scolopsis margaritifer, Komodo National Park Indonesia.

Sea squirts, Polycarpa aurata, Komodo National Park Indonesia.

Clownfish family, Amphiprion ocellaris, in a magnificient sea anemone, Komodo National Park Indonesia.

Venomous sea urchin, Asthenosoma varium, Komodo National Park Indonesia.

Scalefin anthiases, Pseudanthias squamipinnis, sheltering between soft corals, Komodo National Park Indonesia.

Dense branching hard corals and brain coral. Damsels and anthiases howeirng above feeding on zooplankton. Komodo National Park, Indonesia.

Reef scenic with colorful colors, sponges and other invertebrates, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.

Reef scenic with colorful colors, sponges and other invertebrates, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.

Scalefin anthiases, Pseudanthias squamipinnis, sheltering between corals, Komodo National Park Indonesia.

Scalefin anthiases, Pseudanthias squamipinnis, feeding with planktons brought by strong currents, Komodo National Park Indonesia.

Scalefin anthiases, Pseudanthias squamipinnis, feeding with planktons brought by strong currents, Komodo National Park Indonesia.

Scalefin anthiases, Pseudanthias squamipinnis, sheltering between corals, Komodo National Park Indonesia.

Soft polyps of hardcoral colony, Komodo National Park Indonesia.

Clownfish, Amphiprion ocellaris, in a magnificient sea anemone, Heteractis magnifica, Komodo National Park Indonesia.

Scalefin anthiases, Pseudanthias squamipinnis, sheltering between corals, Komodo National Park Indonesia.

Soft polyps of hardcoral colony, Komodo National Park Indonesia.

Scalefin anthiases, Pseudanthias squamipinnis, feeding with planktons brought by strong currents, Komodo National Park Indonesia.

Clownfish, Amphiprion ocellaris, in a magnificient sea anemone, Heteractis magnifica, Komodo National Park Indonesia.

Yellowmask angelfish, Pomacanthus xanthometopon, Sipadan Borneo Malaysia.

Regal Angelfish, Pygoplites diacanthus, Sipadan Island, Borneo Malaysia.

Surf parrotfish, Scarus rivilatus, Sipadan Borneo Malaysia.

Pink clown fishes, Amphiprion perideraion, living in a magnificient sea anemone, Heteractis magnifica, Sipadan Borneo Malaysia.

Big eye trevallies, Caranx sexfasciatus, Sipadan Borneo Malaysia.

Orange lined triggerfish , Balistapus undulatus , Sipadan Borneo, Malaysia.

Clark anemonefish , Amphiprion clarkii, in a bleached anemone , Sipadan Borneo, Malaysia.

Baby green sea turtle, Sipadan, Borneo Malaysia.

Thorny sea oyster, Sipadan Borneo, Malaysia.

Juvenile blue damsels , Chromis viridis , Sulawesi Indonesia

Lionfish in aquarium setting.

Palestinian amphoras fifth century AD display in Bodrum Underwater Archaeology Museum, Turkey.

Roman amphoras third century AD display in Bodrum Underwater Archaeology Museum, Turkey.

Knidos amphoras third century BC display in Bodrum Underwater Archaeology Museum, Turkey.

Second century amphoras display in Bodrum Underwater Archaeology Museum, Turkey.

Display of amphora handling in ancient time cargo ships, Bodrum Underwater Archaeology Museum, Turkey.

Tourists visiting Bodrum Underwater Archaeology Museum, Turkey.

Tiger grouper, Mycteroperca tigris, Fore Reef, Middle Cay Beize.

Lemon shark, Negaprion brevirostris, in the shallow turtlegrass bed at Middle Caye, Glover's Reef. The tag near the dorsal fin was implanted by a shark research team at least one year ago.

Nassau groupers, Epinephelus striatus, at the spawning aggregation at Glover's Reef, Belize, in January 2007.

Texture of a hard coral, Fore Reef Middle Caye, Belize.

Indigo hamlet, Hypoplectrus indigo, Fore Reef, Middle Caye Belize.

Nassau groupers, Epinephelus striatus, at the spawning aggregation at Glover's Reef, Belize, in January 2007.

Nassau groupers, Epinephelus striatus, at the spawning aggregation at Glover's Reef, Belize, in January 2007.

Nassau groupers, Epinephelus striatus, at the spawning aggregation at Glover's Reef, Belize, in January 2007.

Nassau groupers, Epinephelus striatus, at the spawning aggregation at Glover's Reef, Belize, in January 2007.

Nassau groupers, Epinephelus striatus, at the spawning aggregation at Glover's Reef, Belize, in January 2007.

Nassau groupers, Epinephelus striatus, at the spawning aggregation at Glover's Reef, Belize, in January 2007.

School of Bermuda chubs, Kyphosus sectatrix, Glover's Reef Belize.

Nassau groupers, Epinephelus striatus, at the spawning aggregation at Glover's Reef, Belize, in January 2007.

Nassau groupers, Epinephelus striatus, at the spawning aggregation at Glover's Reef, Belize, in January 2007.

Nassau groupers, Epinephelus striatus, at the spawning aggregation at Glover's Reef, Belize, in January 2007.

Nassau groupers, Epinephelus striatus, at the spawning aggregation at Glover's Reef, Belize, in January 2007.

Caribbean Spiny Lobster, Panulirus argus, Glover's Reef Belize.

Gray angelfish, Pomacanthus arcuatus, Glover's Reef Belize.

Nassau groupers, Epinephelus striatus, at the spawning aggregation at Glover's Reef, Belize, in January 2007.

Nassau groupers, Epinephelus striatus, at the spawning aggregation at Glover's Reef, Belize, in January 2007.

Caribbean Spiny Lobster, Panulirus argus, Glover's Reef Belize.

Caribbean Spiny Lobster, Panulirus argus, Glover's Reef Belize.

Sea grasses in a lagoon of Middle Caye, Belize.

Red hind, Epinephelus guttatus, Fore Reef Middle Caye, Belize.

Halimedas in a lagoon of Middle Caye, Belize.

Soft coral in a reef scenic in Fore Reef Middle Caye, Belize.

Dying hardcorals in Fore Reef Middle Caye due from El Nino effect and pathogens, Belize.

Dying staghorn corals in Fore Reef Middle Caye due from El Nino effect and pathogens, Belize.

Dying hardcorals in Fore Reef Middle Caye due from El Nino effect and pathogens, Belize.

Reef scenic in Fore Reef Middle Caye, Belize.

Reef scenic in Fore Reef Middle Caye, Belize.

Staghorn coral in a reef scenic in Fore Reef Middle Caye, Belize.

Reef scenic in Fore Reef Middle Caye, Belize.

Reef scenic from Fore Reef Middle Caye, Belize.

Reef scenic from Fore Reef Middle Caye, Belize.

Horse eye trevallies, Caranx latus, circling over Fore Reef Middle Caye, Belize.

Blue striped grunts, Haemulon sciurus, Fore Reef Middle Caye, Belize.

Dying hardcorals in Fore Reef Middle Caye due from El Nino effect and pathogens, Belize.

Dying hardcorals in Fore Reef Middle Caye due from El Nino effect and pathogens, Belize.

Dying hardcorals in Fore Reef Middle Caye due from El Nino effect and pathogens, Belize.

Blackcap basslets, Gramma melacara, and Royal grammas, Gramma loreto, in reef scene, Glover's Reef Belize.

Barrel sponge in a reef scene, Glover's Reef Belize.

Dying hardcorals in Fore Reef Middle Caye due from El Nino effect and pathogens, Belize.

Reef scenic Glover's Reef, Belize.

Honeycomb moray eel, Gymnothorax favagineus, with amazing behavior of juvenile emperor angelfish, Pomacanthus imperator, Bali Indonesia.

Terminal phase of juvenile garibaldi, Hypsypops rubicundus, Channel Islands California, USA.

Nudibranch, Flabellina iodinea, in Channel Island California.

Bluebanded goby, Lythrypnus dalli, on a reef. Channel Islands California.

Polyps of soft corals in kelp forest, Channel Islands, California.

Female California sheephead wrasse, Semicossyphus pulcher, Channel Islands California.

Kelpfish, Oxylebius pictus, Channel Islands, California USA.

Garibaldi, Hypsypops rubicundus, defending its nest and cluster of eggs on the rock face, Channel Islands California, USA.

Bluebanded goby, Lythrypnus dalli, Channel Islands California.

Portrait of a garibaldi, Hypsypops rubicundus, Channel Islands California, USA.

Kelp forest in Channel Islands, California, USA.

Strawberry Anemones, Corynactis californica, Channel Islands, California USA.

Garibaldi, Hypsypops rubicundus, Channel Islands California, USA.

Kelp floaters, Channel Islands, California USA

Underwater photographers on deck of a dive boat, Channel Islands, California.

Smal goby, Trimma sp., on a hard coras, Komodo Indonesia.

Emperor shrimps, Periclimenes emperator, living commensally on a sea slug, Komodo Indonesia.

Blacklip butterflyfish, Chaetodon keinii, feeding on damsel fish eggs, Komodo Indonesia.

Nudibranch, Nembrotha kubaryana, feeding on ascidians, Komodo Indonesia.

Jelyfish Lake, Palau Micronesia.

Nudibranch on a sponge, Coron Island Philippines.

Jelyfish Lake, Palau Micronesia.

Juvenile red emperor snappers, Lutjanus sebae, hiding between venomous spines of sea urchins, Astropyga radiata, Busuanga Philippines.

Reef scenic Apo Island Philippines.

Saddled anemonefish, Amphiprion polymnus, Calamian Islands Philippines.

Green turtle, Chelonia mydas, Calamian Islands Philippines.

Wreck diving in Coron Philippines.

Springer's damsel, Chrysiptera springeri, Coron Island Philippines.

Male dendriric jawfish, Opistognathus dendriticus, incubating eggs in his mouth, Coron Philippines.

Male dendriric jawfish, Opistognathus dendriticus, incubating eggs in his mouth, Coron Philippines.

Male dendriric jawfish, Opistognathus dendriticus, incubating eggs in his mouth, Coron Philippines.

Reef scenic with school of trevallies on the background, Busuanga Philippines.

Emperor shrimp, Periclimenes imperator, and commensal crab, Lissocarcinus orbicularis, living on a leopard sea cucumber, Sulawesi Indonesia.

35. Copperband coralfish, Chelmon rostratus, Similan Islands Thailand.

Nudibranches, Chromodoris sp., mating pair, Sulawesi Indonesia.

Painted frogfish, Antennarius pictus, camouflaging in a sponge, Sulawesi Indonesia.

Lyretail grouper, Variola louti, Borneo Malaysia.

Crocodile Flathead, Cymbacephalus beauforti, Borneo Sulawesi.

UNderwater photographer on pristine coral reef of south east Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Acrapora table corals, Sulawesi Indonesia.

Pinstriped wrasse, Halichoeres melanurus, Tangat Island, Philippines.

Spottail butterflyfish, Chaetodon ocellicaudus, nocturnal color pattern, Sulawesi Indonesia.

Crown butterflyfish, Chaetodon pasiufasciatus, Egypt Red Sea.

Nudibranch Phyllodesmium longicirrum has symbiotic algea in polyp like tissues Sulawesi Indonesia

Mimic octupus, undescribed, Sulawesi Indonesia.

Juvenile octopus, Octopus marginatus, Sulawesi Indonesia

Cave diver entering a freshwater cave in Gokova, Turkey.

Cave diver entering a freshwater cave in Gokova, Turkey.

Red margined wrasse, Cirrhilabrus rubrimarginatus, Fiji.

Diver shooting video of jellyfish, Cotylorhiza tuberculata, Cesme Turkey.

Reef scenic in Ayvalik, North Aegean, Turkey.

Exotic algea species, Caulerpa taxifolia, covering marine life and reefs in Eastern Meditterranean, Bodrum Turkey.

Endemic goby, Tripterygion tripteronotus, only found in Mediterranean, Ayvalik Turkey.

Wrasse, Thalassoma pavo, Bodrum Turkey.

Hinge beak shrimp, Rhynchocinetes sp, Bali Indonesia.

Crowded school of creolefish, Paranthias colonus, Isabela Island, Galapagos Ecuador.

Diver at the enterance of a marine cave, Sarigerme Turkey.

Diver swimming over sea grass beds, Posedonia oceanica, Sarigerme Turkey.

Bearded fireworm, Hermodice carunculata, Bodrum Turkey.

UNderwater photographer diving in marine caves, Sarigerme Turkey.

Diving in marine caves, Sarigerme Turkey.

Diving in marine caves, Sarigerme Turkey.

George Bass, father of underwater archaeology is on survey trip along Turkish coast with submarine, Foca Turkey.

George Bass, father of underwater archaeology is on survey trip along Turkish coast with submarine, Foca Turkey.

George Bass, father of underwater archaeology is on survey trip along Turkish coast with submarine, Foca Turkey.

Table corals on a pristine reefs of remote South East Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Branching hard corals close to surface on a healthy reef of remote South East Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Table corals on a pristine reefs of remote South East Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Anthiases and damsels howering over a healthy reef of remote South East Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Healthy hard corals on a pristine reefs of remote South East Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Banded sea snake , Laticauda colubrina, Sulawesi Indonesia

Scientist collecting data about corals, Sulawesi Indonesia.

Turtle skeleton in a cavern, Sipadan ısland Malaysia.

Scientist measuring the photosynthesis efficiency of corals, Sulawesi Indonesia.

Jelyfish Lake, Palau Micronesia.

Jelyfish Lake, Palau Micronesia.

Jelyfish Lake, Palau Micronesia.

Dead corals after serious bleaching due from El Nino, Coron Island Philippines.

Anchor damaging corals on a reef, Coron Island Philippines.

Humphead, Napoleon wrasse, Cheilinus undulatus, Bora Bora French Polynesia.

Colourful dragonet, Synchiropus sp., Taveuni Island Fiji.

Bobtail squids, Euprymna scolopes, hiding on the sand gravel bottom, Tukang Besi Islands, Sulawesi Indonesia.

Nudibranch, Chromodoris kuniei, and triplefin goby, Helcogramma striata, next to each other, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.

Small squat lobsters on a sponge, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.

Damselfish, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.

Coral grouper, Cephalopolis miniata, chasing school of sweepers, Parapriacanthus ransonetti, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.

Emperor shripms, Periclimenes imperator, on a Spanish dancer sea slug, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.

Juvenile Clark anemonefish, Amphiprion clarkii, in a bulb tentacle anemone, Komodo, Indonesia.

Magnificient sea anemone and reef scenic, Andaman Sea Thailand.

Reef scenic with colorful soft corals, Similan Islands Thailand.

35. School of two spotted snappers, Lutjanus biguttatus, Surin Islands, Thailand.

Colorful soft corals reef scenic, Surin Islands, Thailand.

Copper banded butterflyfish, Chelmon rostratus, Similan Islands, Thailand.

35. Moorish idle, Zanclus cornutus, Similan Islands Thailand.

Seaweed farmer tying seedlings underwater in low tide, Lembongan Island, Indonesia.

Seaweed farming people Lembongan Island Indonesia.

Surgeonfishes feeding on a pristine coral reef of Apo Islands, Philippines.

Aerial view of Coron Island and surrounding coral reefs, Philippines.

Diver enjoying pristine coral reefs of Apo Island, Philippines

Blue damsels, Chromis viridis, hiding between branching hard corals, Apo Island, Philippines.

Bigmouth goby, Helcogramma sp., on a brain coral, Coron Philippines.

Anemone crab, Neopetrolisthes maculatus, feeding with her filters to catch nutrients brought by tidal current, Busuanga Philippines.

Anemone shrimp, Periclimenes tosaensis, Apo Island Philippines.

Big school of smooth tail trevally, Selaroides leptalopsis, Busuanga Philippines.

Big eye trevally school, Caranx sexfasciatus, Dimakya Island Busuanga Philipines.

Saddleback anemonefishes, Amphiprion polymnus, and bigeye trevallies, Caranx sexfasciatus, Dimakya Island Busuanga Philippines.

Pink squat lobster, Lauriea, siagiani, living on a barrel sponge, Apo Island Philippines.

Sponges at shop Rhodes Greece

Adult and juvenile emperor angelfish, Pomacanthus imperator, together in Bali Indonesia.

Adult emperor angelfish, Pomacanthus imperator, being cleaned by cleaner shrimps, Lysmata amboinensis, and a juvenile emperor angelfish swimming close by, Bali Indonesia.

Adult emperor angelfish, Pomacanthus imperator, being cleaned by cleaner shrimps, Lysmata amboinensis, and a juvenile emperor angelfish swimming close by, Bali Indonesia.

Pygmy sweepers, Parapriacanthus ransonneti, in a cavern, Bali Indonesia.

Reef scenic, Bali Indonesia.

Largenose boxfish, Rhynchostracion rhinorhynchus, and suckerfish, Echeneis naucrates, Bali Indonesia.

Boxer crab, Lybia tesselata, with defensive anemones attached her arms. Bali Indonesia.

Reef scenic, Bali Indonesia.

Venomous sea urchin, Astropyga radiata, Bali Indonesia.

Juvenile cuttlefish, Sepia latimanus, hiding between soft coral tentacles, Bali Indonesia.

Reef scenic, Bali Indonesia.

Striped pufferfish, Arothron manilensis, sucked by bobbit worm, Eunicid polychaete, puffed up her body resisting this scary predator. Bali Indonesia.

Bobbit worm, Eunicid polychaete, unfolds spring loaded jaws lethal to any passing fish. Its massive jaw structure is twice the body width. Growing to 3 meters, it is active at night and known to attack divers, Bali Indonesia.

Moray eel, Gymnothorax undulatus, Bali Indonesia.

Spotted lionfish, Dendrochirus biocellatus, at night, Bali Indonesia.

Spider crab, Camposcia retusa, decorated her body with colorful sponges, Bali Indonesia.

Skin details of blue barred parrotfish, Scarus ghobban, Bali Indonesia.

Goldstripe wrasse, Halichoeres hartzfeldi, Bali Indonesia.

Face details of blue barred parrotfish, Scarus ghobban, Bali Indonesia.

Face details of blue barred parrotfish, Scarus ghobban, Bali Indonesia.

Commensal shrimps, Periclimenes tenuipes, Bali Indonesia.

Threadfin hawkfish, Cirrhitichthys aprinus, Bali Indonesia.

Juvenile star pufferfish, Arothron stellatus, Bali Indonesia.

Longfin bannerfish, Heniochus acuminatus, on an emperor angelfish, Pomacanthus imperator, Bali Indonesia.

Harlequin shrimps, Hymenocera elegans, feeding on a starfish, Bali Indonesia.

Bigeye dwarf gobies, Trimma macrophthalma, Bali Indonesia.

Harlequin shrimps, Hymenocera elegans, feeding on a starfish, Bali Indonesia.

Rock shrimps, Urocaridella sp., howering in a cavern, Bali Indonesia.

Harlequin shrimps, Hymenocera elegans, feeding on a starfish, Bali Indonesia.

Softcoral ghost goby, Pleurosicya boldinghi, Bali Indonesia.

Three spot damselfishes, Dascyllus trimaculatus, in an anemone, Heteractis crispa, Bali Indonesia.

Close up skin details of Emperor angelfish, Pomacanthus imperator, Bali Indonesia.

Spotted lionfish, Dendrochirus biocellatus, at night, Bali Indonesia.

Swallowtail hawkfish, Cyprinocirrhites polyactis, Bali Indonesia.

Longfin bannerfish, Heniochus acuminatus, on an emperor angelfish, Pomacanthus imperator, Bali Indonesia.

Calamari squid, Sepioteuthis lessoniana, hunting at night, Bali Indonesia.

Tomato grouper, Cephalopholis sonnerati, being cleaned by cleaner shrimps, Lysmata amboinensis, Bali Indonesia

Tomato grouper, Cephalopholis sonnerati, being cleaned by cleaner shrimps, Lysmata amboinensis, Bali Indonesia

Smashing mantis shrimp, Odontodactylus scyllarus, eating her pray damsel fish, Bali Indonesia.

Honeycomb moray eel, Gymnothorax favagineus, juvenile emperor angelfish, Pomacanthus imperator, Bali Indonesia.

Honeycomb moray eel, Gymnothorax favagineus, juvenile emperor angelfish, Pomacanthus imperator, Bali Indonesia.

Cuttlefish, Sepia latimanus, face details, Bali Indonesia.

Bumphead parrotfishes, Bolbometopon muricatum, swimming around Liberty Wreck, Bali Indonesia.

Harlequin shrimps, Hymenocera elegans, feeding on a starfish, Bali Indonesia.

Nudibranch, Kentrodoris rubescens, Bali Indonesia.

Anthiases swimming around soft corals in Liberty Wreck, Bali Indonesia.

Pufferfish spotted toby, Canthigaster solandri, sleeping on a sponge, Bali Indonesia.

Anthiases swimming around soft corals in Liberty Wreck, Bali Indonesia.

Anthiases swimming around soft corals in Liberty Wreck, Bali Indonesia.

Anthiases swimming around soft corals in Liberty Wreck, Bali Indonesia.

Stocky anthiases, Pseudanthias hypselosoma, chasing each other and Blue lined snappers, Lutjanus kasmira, Bali Indonesia.

Blue lined snappers, Lutjanus kasmira, Bali Indonesia.

Razorfishes, Aeoliscus strigatus, Bali Indonesia.

Sand anemone, Arachnanthus sp, Bali Indonesia.

Three spot damselfishes, Dascyllus trimaculatus, in an anemone, Heteractis crispa, Bali Indonesia.

Blue lined snappers, Lutjanus kasmira, Bali Indonesia.

Commensal shrimps, Stegopontonia commensalis, living on the spines of a sea urchin, Bali Indonesia.

Feather starfish, Pontiometra andersoni, Bali Indonesia.

Undescribed commensal shrimp camouflaging on a feather starfish, Bali Indonesia.

Stocky anthias, Pseudanthias hypselosoma, Bali Indonesia.

Porcelain crab, Porcellanella triloba, living on a sea pen, Bali Indonesia.

Commensal shrimp, Periclimenes commensalis, camouflaging on a feather star, Bali Indonesia.

Snapping shrimp, Alpheus leviusculus, Bali Indonesia.

Commensal shrimp, Periclimenes amboinensis, camouflaging on a feather star, Bali Indonesia.

Face of estuarine stonefish, Synanceia horrida, Bali Indonesia.

Commensal shrimp, Periclimenes commensalis, camouflaging on a feather star, Bali Indonesia.

Regal angelfish, Pygoplites diacanthus, Bali Indonesia.

Spinecheek (Maroon) anemonefish, Premnas biaculeatus, in a bulb tentacle anemone, Entacmae quadricolor, Bali Indonesia.

Smashing mantis shrimp, Odontodactylus scyllarus, Bali Indonesia.

Cuttlefish, Sepia latimanus, sleeping on a sand, Bali Indonesia.

Golden damsel, Amblyglyphidodon aureus, Bali Indonesia.

Striped triplefin, Helcogramma striatum, hiding on colorful tunicates, Bali Indonesia.

Elongate goby, Pleurosicya elongata, camouflaging on an elephant ear sponge, Bali Indonesia.

Hermit crab, Dardanus pedunculatus, cover its shell with small sea anemones for camouflage and protection. Bali Indonesia.

Brittle starfish feeding on a cushion starfish, Bali Indonesia.

Smashing mantis shrimp, Odontodactylus scyllarus, Bali Indonesia.

Boxer crab, Lybia tesselata, with defensive anemones attached her arms. Bali Indonesia.

Boxer crab, Lybia tesselata, with defensive anemones attached her arms. Bali Indonesia.

Thorny seahorse, Hippocampus hystrix, Bali Indonesia.

Scribbled filefish, Aluterus scriptus, hiding in sponge, Bali Indonesia.

Saw blade shrimp, Tozeuma armatum, on a wire coral, Bali Indonesia.

Honeycomb moray eel, Gymnothorax favagineus, being cleaned by cleaner shrimps, Lysmata amboinensis, and juvenile emperor angelfish, Pomacanthus imperator, Bali Indonesia

Clown snake eel, Ophichthus bonaparti, live on volcanic sand bottom of Bali, Indonesia.

Maiden goby, Valenciennea strigata, feeding on the sand bottom. Canary wrasse, Halichoeres chrysus, watching closely for escaping invertebrates.

Texture details of a hardcoral, Bali Indonesia.

Goldstripe wrasse, Halichoeres hartzfeldi, Bali Indonesia.

Honeycomb moray eel, Gymnothorax favagineus, being cleaned by cleaner shrimps, Lysmata amboinensis, Bali Indonesia.

Honeycomb moray eel, Gymnothorax favagineus, being cleaned by cleaner shrimps, Lysmata amboinensis, Bali Indonesia.

Honeycomb moray eel, Gymnothorax favagineus, being cleaned by cleaner shrimps, Lysmata amboinensis, Bali Indonesia.

Honeycomb moray eel, Gymnothorax favagineus, being cleaned by cleaner shrimps, Lysmata amboinensis, Bali Indonesia.

Honeycomb moray eel, Gymnothorax favagineus, being cleaned by cleaner shrimps, Lysmata amboinensis, Bali Indonesia.

Sea urchin, Heterocentrotus mammilatus?, Kingman Reef.

Mushroom coral, Fungia scutaria, Kingman Reef.

Giant clams, Tridacna maxima, in inner lagoon of Kingman Reef.

Michael Lang, Smithsonian's dive safety officer filling tanks on board of White Holly.

Giant clams, Tridacna maxima, in inner lagoon of Kingman Reef.

Giant clams, Tridacna maxima, in inner lagoon of Kingman Reef.

Racoon butterflyfishes, Chaetodon lunula, in Kingman Reef.

Crown of Thorn starfish on the reef, Kingman Reef.

Crown of Thorns starfish eating mushroom corals, Kingman Reef.

Gray Reef shark, Carcharhinus amblyrhynhos, in Kingman Reef.

Enric Sala examining Crown of Thorns starfish, eating a big coral head in inner lagoon of Kingman Reef.

Biologists Liz Dinsdale (front), Jennifer Smith (middle) and Jim Margos (further back) are on survey in Kingman Reef.

Biologists Liz Dinsdale and Jennifer Smith on bethic survey in Kingman Reef.

Biologists David Obura and Machel Malay on bethic survey in Kingman Reef.

Reef scenics, inner lagoon, Kingman Reef.

Reef scenics, inner lagoon, Kingman Reef.

Reef scenics, inner lagoon, Kingman Reef.

Gray Reef sharks, Carcharhinus amblyrhynhos, in Kingman Reef.

Giant clams and mushroom corals in massive poulations, Kingman Reef.

Giant clams and mushroom corals in massive poulations, Kingman Reef.

Blackfin barracudas, Sphyraena qenie, Kingman Reef.

Red snapper, Lutjanus bohar. Kingman Reef.

Bluefin trevallies, Caranx melampygus, Kingman Reef.

Blackfin barracudas, Sphyraena qenie, Kingman Reef.

Crown of Thorns eating a table coral in Kingman Reef.

Gray Reef sharks, Carcharhinus amblyrhynhos, in Kingman Reef.

Gray Reef sharks, Carcharhinus amblyrhynhos, in Kingman Reef.

Alan Friedlander and his team tagging sharks in Palmyra Lagoon for long term population study of sharks.

Alan Friedlander and his team tagging sharks in Palmyra Lagoon for long term population study of sharks.

Alan Friedlander and his team tagging sharks in Palmyra Lagoon for long term population study of sharks.

Sooty terns on nesting site and blacktip sharks waiting for careless chicks. Palmyra Atoll.

Sooty terns on nesting site and blacktip sharks waiting for careless chicks. Palmyra Atoll.

Sooty terns on nesting site and blacktip sharks waiting for careless chicks. Palmyra Atoll.

Sooty terns on nesting site and blacktip sharks waiting for careless chicks. Palmyra Atoll.

Acropora corals in Palmyra Lagoon.

Acropora corals in Palmyra Lagoon.

Coral-algea interface experiment. Corals set up contact with algea all died end of three days. Others without algea were fine. Palmyra Atoll.

Acropora corals in Palmyra Lagoon.

Acropora corals in Palmyra Lagoon.

Acropora corals in Palmyra Lagoon.

Olga Pantos is processing the water collected from different heights in the water column above the coral reef. Water is passed through different filters and collected for the analyses of a range of nutrients and dissolved organic carbon. Particulates that

Reef scenics from Palmyra Atoll.

With the help of specially designed microscope, microbiologist Forest Rohwer from San Diego State University counts the number of virus and bacteria living on the coral tissue. Each coral species have its own distinct virus and bacteria colonies living to

Gray Reef sharks, Carcharhinus amblyrhynhos, in Palmyra.

Reef scenic with staghorn corals and black chromis, Chromis xanthura, Palmyra Atoll.

Red footed booby and chick, Sula sula, Palmyra Atoll.

Sooty terns nesting, Sterna fuscuata, Palmyra Atoll.

Sooty terns nesting, Sterna fuscuata, Palmyra Atoll.

Sooty terns nesting, Sterna fuscuata, Palmyra Atoll.

Sooty terns in breeding ground, Palmyra Atoll.

Sooty terns nesting, Sterna fuscuata, Palmyra Atoll.

Red footed booby chick, Sula sula, Palmyra Atoll.

Red footed booby and chick, Sula sula, Palmyra Atoll.

Red footed booby, Sula sula, Palmyra Atoll.

Red footed booby chick, Sula sula, Palmyra Atoll.

Nesting Sooty tern colony, Sterna fuscata, in Palmyra Island.

Nancy Knowlton from Scrips Institution of Oceanography breaking a dead coral head apart to collect cryptic crustacea species. Palmyra Atoll.

Nesting Sooty tern colony, Sterna fuscata, in Palmyra Island.

Nesting Sooty tern colony, Sterna fuscata, in Palmyra Island.

Nancy Knowlton from Scrips Institution of Oceanography breaking a dead coral head apart to collect cryptic crustacea species. Palmyra Atoll.

Reef blacktip sharks, Carcharhinus melanopterus, in Palmyra Atoll.

Nature Conservancy base in Palmyra Atoll.

Forest Rohwer from San Diego State University collecting water on the reef for collection of viruses and bacteria living around and on coral reefs. DNA isolated from the samples will be used to determine how these microbes contribute to the health and dec

Gray Reef sharks, Carcharhinus amblyrhynhos, in Palmyra Atoll.

Reef blacktip sharks, Carcharhinus melanopterus, in Palmyra Atoll.

Forest Rohwer from San Diego State University collecting water on the reef for collection of viruses and bacteria living around and on coral reefs. DNA isolated from the samples will be used to determine how these microbes contribute to the health and dec

Forest Rohwer from San Diego State University collecting water on the reef for collection of viruses and bacteria living around and on coral reefs. DNA isolated from the samples will be used to determine how these microbes contribute to the health and dec

Blue streak fusiliers, Pterocaesio tile. Palmyra Atoll USA.

Green turtle resting, Chelonia mydas. Palmyra Atoll USA.

Dead corals in Palmyra Atoll reefs. Palmyra Atoll USA.

Sunset in Palmyra Atoll.

Small island along entrance of Palmyra Atoll.

Sunset in Palmyra Atoll.

Sunset in Palmyra Atoll.

Yellowback fusiliers, Caesio teres. Palmyra Atoll USA.

Crustacea and coral samples in buckets. Tabuaeran (Fanning Island) lagoon, Kribati.

Triplefin, Helcogramma sp. Tabuaeran (Fanning Island) lagoon, Kribati.

Kids sitting on stairs of cable station, Fanning Island.

Snubnose grouper, Epinephelus macropilos. Tabuaeran (Fanning Island) lagoon, Kribati.

Peacock groupers, Cephalopholis argus. Tabuaeran (Fanning Island) lagoon, Kribati.

Jennifer Smith (front) and Gustav Paulay (back).

Different color pigments in same brain coral. Tabuaeran (Fanning Island) lagoon, Kribati.

Fish Biologists Enric Sala during fish survey. Tabuaeran (Fanning Island) lagoon, Kribati.

Crustacea specimens in alcohol Tabuaeran (Fanning Island) lagoon, Kribati.

Reef scenic with Olive anthiases, Pseudanthias olivaceus, endemic to Line Islands. Tabuaeran (Fanning Island) lagoon, Kribati.

Drilling a 1m long core from a living porites coral colony at fanning island. The coral core will be used to reconstruct climate patterns over the coral colony's lifespan probably 50-60 years. This record will provide a benchmark with which to compare the

Drilling a 1m long core from a living porites coral colony at fanning island. The coral core will be used to reconstruct climate patterns over the coral colony's lifespan probably 50-60 years. This record will provide a benchmark with which to compare the

Drilling a 1m long core from a living porites coral colony at fanning island. The coral core will be used to reconstruct climate patterns over the coral colony's lifespan probably 50-60 years. This record will provide a benchmark with which to compare the

Drilling a 1m long core from a living porites coral colony at fanning island. The coral core will be used to reconstruct climate patterns over the coral colony's lifespan probably 50-60 years. This record will provide a benchmark with which to compare the

Drilling a 1m long core from a living porites coral colony at fanning island. The coral core will be used to reconstruct climate patterns over the coral colony's lifespan probably 50-60 years. This record will provide a benchmark with which to compare the

Drilling a 1m long core from a living porites coral colony at fanning island. The coral core will be used to reconstruct climate patterns over the coral colony's lifespan probably 50-60 years. This record will provide a benchmark with which to compare the

Labelled coral specimens for lab identification. Tabuaeran (Fanning) Island, Kribati.

Biologist Steven Smriga performing microbiological test on seawater samples on research ship White Holly. Tabuaeran (Fanning) Island, Kribati.

Sailing boat in Tabuaeran (Fanning Island) lagoon, Kribati.

Biologist Gustav Paulay recording coral specimens he collected on research ship White Holly. Tabuaeran (Fanning) Island, Kribati.

Diver(Stuart Sandin) entering water. Tabuaeran (Fanning) Island, Kribati.

Convict surgeonfishes, Acanthurus triostegus, massive school feeding behavior. Tabuaeran (Fanning) Island, Kribati.

Convict surgeonfishes, Acanthurus triostegus, massive school feeding behavior. Tabuaeran (Fanning) Island, Kribati.

Convict surgeonfishes, Acanthurus triostegus, massive school feeding behavior. Tabuaeran (Fanning) Island, Kribati.

Convict surgeonfishes, Acanthurus triostegus, massive school feeding behavior. Tabuaeran (Fanning) Island, Kribati.

Barlett's anthiases, Psudanthias barlettorum, sheltering around a coral. Tabuaeran (Fanning) Island, Kribati.

Dead table coral, Acropora sp. Tabuaeran (Fanning) Island, Kribati.

Fish biologists Stuart Sandin and Edward Demartini on fish survey in Tabuaeran (Fanning) Island, Kribati.

Stuart Sandin and Edward Demartini on fish survey in Tabuaeran (Fanning) Island, Kribati.

Male Barlett's anthias, Psudanthias barlettorum. Tabuaeran (Fanning) Island, Kribati.

Cleaner wrasse, Labroides dimidiatus, cleaning Redfin anthias, Pseudanthias dispar. Tabuaeran (Fanning) Island, Kribati.

Female Barlett's anthias, Psudanthias barlettorum, cleaned by cleaner wrasse, Labroides dimidiatus. Tabuaeran (Fanning) Island, Kribati.

Cleaner wrasse, Labroides dimidiatus cleaning the eye of bandcheek wrasse, Oxycheilinus digrammus. Kritimati Island, Kribati.

Aquarium fish collecters, Kritimati Island, Kribati.

Aquarium fish collectors showing their day catch of flame angelfishes. They catch 200-300 flame angelfishes daily. Kritimati Island, Kribati.

Biologists Gustav Paulay and Nacy Knowlton sorting the invertebrate specimens they collected. Kritimati Island, Kribati.

School of Ornate butterflyfishes, Chaetodon ornatissimus. Kritimati Island, Kribati.

Coral researcher David Obura surveying coral species, Kritimati Island, Kribati.

Juvenile Lemonpeel angelfish, Centropyge flavissimus. Blue spot will disappear when matures. Kritimati Island, Kribati.

School of Ornate butterflyfishes, Chaetodon ornatissimus. Kritimati Island, Kribati.

Olive anthias, Pseudanthias olivaceus, endemic to Line Islands, Kritimati Island, Kribati.

Olive anthias, Pseudanthias olivaceus, endemic to Line Islands, Kritimati Island, Kribati.

Dragon moray eel, Enchelycore pardalis. Kritimati Island, Kribati.

Fivestripe wrasse, Thalassoma quinquevittatum. Kritimati Island, Kribati.

Dragon moray eel, Enchelycore pardalis. Kritimati Island, Kribati.

Biologists Jennifer Smith and Stuart Sandin working on thier samples and datas, Kritimati Island Kribati.

Secretive yellowspotted scorpionfish, Sebastapistes cyanostigma, hiding between hardcoral branches, Kritimati Island Kribati.

Coral crab, symo sp., Kritimati Island, Kribati.

White spotted hawkfish, Cirrhitops hubbardi, endemic species to Phoenix and Line Islands. Kritimati Island, Kribati.

Spotted soapfish, Pogonoperca chabanaudi, Kritimati Island, Kribati.

Coral crab, Trapezia rufopunctata, hiding between branches of hard coral. Kritimati Island, Kribati.

Lemonpeel angelfish, Centropyge flavissimus, feeding on coral polyps. Kritimati Island, Kribati.

Cleaner shrimp cleaning an anthias, Pseudanthias cooperi, Kritimati Island, Kribati.

Invertebrate biologist Gustav Paulay collecting Ocypode ceratophthalma - ghost crab - samples on Kritimati Island beach, Kribati.

Invertebrate biologist Gustav Paulay collecting Coenobita perlatus - land hermit crab samples on Kritimati Island beach, Kribati.

Rainbow wrasse, Coris julis, Ayvalik Turkey.

Yellow corals, Leptopsammia pruvoti, lives inside caverns, Sarigerme Turkey.

Asi Bay, Sarigerme Turkey.

Jelyfish, Rhizostoma pulmo, Ayvalik Turkey.

Scorpionfish, Sarigerme Turkey.

Sea lillies, Actinia equina, Sarigerme Turkey.

Hermit crabs, Bodrum Turkey.

Flutemouth, Fistularia commersonii, is a lesepsian species from Red Sea. Kas Turkey.

Rainbow wrasse, Coris julis, Ayvalik Turkey.

Mediterranean triton, Kalkan Turkey.

Sole fish, camouflaging on a sand bottom, Kas Turkey.

Anemone, Cerianthus sp. Sarigerme Turkey.

Sea cave in Sarigerme, Turkey.

Sea grass beds, Posidonia oceanica, Sarigerme Turkey.

Mating sea slugs, Cratena peregrina, Bodrum Turkey.

Clam, Pinctata radiata, is a lesepsian Red Sea species, Sarigerme Turkey.

Squid, Sepiotheutis lessoniana, is a lesepsian Red Sea species. Kas Turkey.

Sponges, Bodrum Turkey.

Octopus, Octopus vulgaris, preying on a triton; Bodrum Turkey.

Delicate Bryozoa, Sarigerme Turkey.

Wrasse, Thalassoma pavo, Bodrum Turkey.

Mediterranean grouper, Epinephelus marginatus, is endangered species; Bodrum Turkey.

Magnificient se anemone, Heteractis magnifica, Borneo Malaysia.

Magnificient se anemone, Heteractis magnifica, Sulawesi Indonesia.

Hermit crab, Dardanus megistos, eating a seed, Sulawesi Indonesia.

Hermit crab, Dardanus sp., decorated with anemones, Sulawesi Indonesia.

Hermit crab, Dardanus lagopodes, Sulawesi Indonesia.

Coral reef scenic with Acropora hard corals and fish life, Sulawesi Indonesia.

School of smooth tail trevallies safely swim under protected waters of Dimakya Island, Busuanga Philippines.

Triggerfish school in spawning aggregation, Raja Ampat, Indonesia.

Blue damsels , Chromis viridis , Similan Islands National Park Thailand

Purple queen anthias, Pseudanthias pascalus, Sulawesi Indonesia.

Yellowstriped anthias school, Pseudanthias tuka, feeding on planktons brought by current, Milne Bay Papua New Guinea

Goldie anthiases in Red Sea reefs, Egypt.

Coral reef scenic, St. John's Reefs, Egypt Red Sea

Reef scenic, Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea.

Reef scenic, Raja Ampat, Indonesia.

Coral reef scenic, St. John's Reefs, Egypt Red Sea

Coral reef scenic with Acropora hard corals and fish life, Sulawesi Indonesia.

Spinecheek anemonefish , Premnas bieculatus , in a bleaching anemone Coron Philippines

Reef scenic with colorful anthiases, Komodo National Park, Indonesia

Undescribed ascidians, Culion Island, Philippines.

Sea slugs, Glossodoris atromarginata, mating, Coron Island, Philippines.

Reef scenic with colorful sponges and invertebrates, Coron Island, Philippines

Pajama cardinalfish, Sphaeramia nematoptera, Dimakya Island, Philippines.

Juvenile red snapper, Lutjanus bohar, on a coral reef. Sulawesi Indonesia.

Black&White snappers, Macolor niger, schooling on a coral reef, Borneo Malaysia.

Bumphead parrot fishes, Bolbometopon muricatum, feeding on coral reef, Borneo Malaysia.

Red algae growing on a table coral, Fanning Island Kribati.

Red algae growing on a table coral, Fanning Island Kribati.

Close-up of a living sponge(undescribed), Sulawesi Indonesia.

Close-up of a living sponge, Lanthella basta, Culion Island, Philippines.

Close-up of a living sponge, Haliclona sp., Sulawesi Indonesia.

Close-up of colony of corals, Pavona sp., Fanning Island Kribati.

Close-up of coral polyps, Goniopora sp., Sulawesi Indonesia.

Close-up of coral polyps, Clavularia sp., Apo Island, Philippines.

Close-up of coral polyps, Tubastraea faulkneri, Sulawesi Indonesia.

Whitemouth moray, Gymnothorax meleagris.

Horn shark, Heteredontus francisci, Channel Islands, California USA.

Colorful marine invertebrates, Channel Islands, California USA.

Kelpfish, Oxylebius pictus, Channel Islands, California USA.

Strawberry Anemones, Corynactis californica, Channel Islands, California USA.

Garibaldi, Hypsypops rubicundus, Channel Islands California, USA.

Eagle ray in kelp forest Channel Islands California, USA.

Juvenile garibaldi, Hypsypops rubicundus, Channel Islands California

Sun beams underwater

Bajau fisherman coming to check his bamboo made fish trap, Tukang Besi Islands, Sulawesi Indonesia.

Big eye emperors, Red Sea Egypt.

Juvenile phase of a clown wrasse, Coris aygula, Red Sea Egypt.

Cleaning shrimp, Periclimenes longicarpus, cleaning a rusted parrotfish, Scarus ferrigineus, both endemic to Red Sea.

Cleaner wrasse, Labroides dimidiatus, cleaning a goldie anthias, Pseudanthias squamipinnis, Red Sea Egypt.

Reef scenic, Red Sea Egypt.

Klunzinger wrasse, Thalassoma klunzingeri, is endemic to Red Sea.

Bleny, Ecsenius gravieri, is an endemic species to Red Sea.

Reef scenic and breaking waves in St. Jones, Red Sea Egypt.

Anemone shrimp, Periclimenes brevicarpalis, on an adhesive sea anemone, Red Sea Egypt.

Silversides, Spratelloides delicatulus, St. Jones, Red Sea, Egypt.

Silversides, Spratelloides delicatulus, St. Jones, Red Sea, Egypt.

Reef scenic with goldie anthias, Pseudanthias squamipinnis, St. Jones, Red Sea, Egypt.

Orange spotted trevallies, Carangoides bajad, hunting silversides, Spratelloides delicatulus, St. Jones, Red Sea, Egypt.

Orange spotted trevallies, Carangoides bajad, hunting silversides, Spratelloides delicatulus, St. Jones, Red Sea, Egypt.

Painted frogfish , Antennarius pictus , hiding inside a sponge, Sulawesi Indonesia

Mimic Octopus , Sulawesi Indonesia

Sargassum frogfish, Histrio histrio, on a drfiting log between barnacles, Sulawesi Indonesia.

Octopus, Octopus marginatus, Sulawesi Indonesia.

Exqusite wrasse, Cirrhilabrus exquisitus, Taveuni Island Fiji.

Soft coral ghostgoby, Pleurosicya sp., Vatu Ira, Fiji.

Yellowmask angelfish, Pomacanthus xanthometopon, Sulawesi Indonesia.

Leaf scorpionfish, Taenianotus triacanthus, hiding on a sea fan, Sulawesi Indonesia.

Squat lobster hiding between holutrians on a sponge, Sulawesi Indonesia.

Lyretail grouper, Variola louti, Bali Indonesia.

Ring-tail cardinalfish, Apogon aureus, Sulawesi Indonesia.

Hawkfish eating sergeant damsel fish eggs on the rocks, Sulawesi Indonesia.

Cleaner wrasses, Labroides dimidiatus, cleaning yellowsaddle goatfish, Parupeneus cyclostomus, Bali Indonesia.

Spawning aggregation of Indo-pacific sergeant, Abudefduf vaigiensis, Sulawesi Indonesia.

Indo-pacific sergeant, Abudefduf vaigiensis, laying eggs on a rock, Sulawesi Indonesia.

Sargassum frogfish, Histrio histrio, on a drfiting log between barnacles, Sulawesi Indonesia.

Colonial Ascidians, Rhopalaea sp., overgrowing on a sea whip, Sulawesi Indonesia.

Lyre tail anthiases, Pseudanthias squamipinnis, Bali Indonesia.

Commensal shrimp, Periclimenes commensalis, on a feather star. Sulawesi Indonesia.

Slipper lobster, Parribacus japonicus, Sulawesi Indonesia.

Brain coral in pristine coral reefs of Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Diver exploring pristine coral reefs of Tukang Besi Islands, Sulawesi Indonesia.

Pavona hard corals in Tukang Besi Islands, Sulawesi Indonesia.

Those twin villas in Zeugma ancient city are underwater now, Gaziantep Turkey.

Ambon scorpionfish, Pteroidichtys amboinensis, Sulawesi Indonesia

Octopus hiding in a shell , Sulawesi Indonesia

Clown snake eel, Ophichthus bonaparti, Sulawesi Indonesia

Blue boxer cleaner shrimp, Stenopus tenuirostris, Sulawesi Indonesia.

Juvenile golden trevally, Gnathanodon speciosus, and lined pufferfish, Arothron manilensis, Sulawesi Indonesia.

Stonefish, Synanceia verrucosa, camouflaging Sulawesi Indonesia.

Closeup of a painted frogfish, Antennarius pictus, defending its territory, Sulawesi Indonesia.

Marble catfish, Atolemycterus macleayi, Sulawesi Indonesia.

Venomous sea urchin, Astropyga radiata, Sulawesi Indonesia.

Mimic Octopus , Sulawesi Indonesia

Batfish school and diver in Sulawesi Indonesia.

Sea slug, Chromodoris leopardus, Borneo Malaysia.

Crinoid clingfish, Discotrema crinophila, living in a feather starfish, Sulawesi Indonesia.

Orange anemonefishes, Amphiprion sandaracinos , Sulawesi Indonesia

Commensal shrimp , Periclimenes amboinensis , on a feather star Sulawesi Indonesia

Emperor shrimp , Periclimenes emperator , on a pineapple sea cucumber Solomon Islands

Succerfish on a green turtle head , Borneo Malaysia

Mantis shrimp , Odontoclactylus scyllarus , most colorful crustacea of coral reefs . Sulawesi Indonesia

Yellow mask angelfish , Pomacanthus xanthometopon , Borneo Malaysia

Leopard flounder, Bothus pantherhines, Borneo Malaysia.

Flame anthias, Pseudanthias ignitus, Similan Islands Thailand.

Copper banded coralfish , Chelmon rostratus , Thailand

Gray angelfishes Pomacanthus arcuatus under mangrove roots Belize

Silversides hiding around mangrove roots, Belize.

Arrow crab on a seafan, Tunicate Cove, Belize.

Dog snappers, Lutjanus jocu, under mangrove roots Belize.

Underwater scene of mangrove roots covered with colorful invertebrates, Tunicate Cove Belize

Queen Angelfish Holacanthus ciliaris Belize

Fishes under mangrove roots Belize

Reef scenic with diver Apo Island Philippines

Pinstriped wrasse Halichoeres melanurus Tangat Island Philippines

Small goby, Bryaninops loki, live on sponges covering reefs in Coron Island. This area has highest small fish diversity in Philippines.

Collared butterflyfish, Chaetodon collare, Similan Islands Thailand.

Andaman Sea soft coral Koh Bon Thailand

Juvenile emperor angelfish, Pomacanthus emperator, Similan Islands Thailand

Red saddleback anemonefish, Amphiprion ephippium, Similan Islands Thailand.

Cleaner shrimps on the reef Phi Phi Islands Thailand

Coral grouper Cephalopholis miniata in Similan Islands Thailand

Soft corals and tropical marine life Andaman Sea Thailand

35. Soft corals and damsels Andaman Sea Thailand

Clark anemone fish and juvenile, Amphiprion clarkii, Sulawesi Indonesia.

Divers in the Red Sea Egypt.

Divers coming out of water in the Red Sea of Egypt.

Diver in coral reef with a cleaner shrimp in his open mouth, Sulawesi Indonesia.

Cave diver collecting data in an underwater cave system Mediterranean Turkey

Cave diver collecting data in an underwater cave system Mediterranean Turkey

Commensal shrimp, Periclimenes soror, on a starfish, Sulawesi Indonesia.

Anemone shrimps, Periclimenes brevicarpalis, on an adhasive sea anemone, Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Frogfish waiting for prey with a lure attached to his forehead Sulawesi Indonesia

Slender grouper, Anyperodon leucogrammicus, Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Hermit crab, Dardanus megistos, Sulawesi Indonesia.

Painted frogfish, Antennarius pictus, Borneo Malaysia.

Blue spotted eagle ray, Taeniura melanospilos, Raja Ampat Islands, Indonesia.

Raggy scorpionfish, Scorpaenopsis venosa, and cockatoo waspfish, Ablabys taenianotus, Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Juvenile Emperor Angelfish , Pomacanthus imperator, Papua New Guinea.

School of big-eye trevallies, Caranx sexfasciatus, Madang, Papua New Guinea.

Striped catfishes, Plotosus lineatus, Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea.

Decorator crab covered himself with sponges Papua New Guinea

Sea slugs , Chromodoris bullocki , Raja Ampat Islands, Indonesia

Nudibranch , Nembrotha rutilans , Komodo Marine National Park Indonesia

Sea slug , Halgerda malesso , Sulawesi Indonesia

Squid, Sepiotheuthis lessoniana, Kas Turkey.

Underwater scene of sponge in Bodrum, Turkey

Decorated dart goby, Nemateleotris decora, Sulawesi Indonesia

Bobtail squids in adult size, Sulawesi Indonesia.

Scientist measuring the photosynthesis efficiency of corals, Sulawesi Indonesia.

Juvenile Diana's hogfish , Bodianus diana , sheltering around soft coral Sulawesi Indonesia

Symbiotic shrimps on a pentagon starfish , Sulawesi Indonesia

Larva Diana's hogfish , Bodianus diana , sheltering around soft coral Sulawesi Indonesia

Seaweed harvesting in low tide, Lembongan Island Indonesia

Seaweed seedlings are attached to lines underwater

Bajau spearfishermen, Sulawesi Indonesia.

Emperor shrimps, Periclimenes emperator, on an unidentified sea cucumber, Milne Bay Papua New Guinea.

Skin texture of a hard coral. Coron Philippines.

Garibaldi fishes in a kelp forest, Santa Catalina Island, California.

Green turtle, Dimakya Island Philippines.

Decorator crab Acheus japonicus live between tentacles of a mushroom coral Sulawesi Indonesia

Juvenile batfishes , Tukang Besi Islands Sulawesi Indonesia

Garibaldi fishes in a kelp forest

Eibl angel fish , Centropyge eibli , Surin Islands Thailand

35. Powder blue surgeonfish , Acanthurus leucosternon , Similan Islands Thailand

Gobies on a sponge , Komodo Marine National Park Indonesia

Pink anemonefish , Amphiprion perideraion , Komodo Marine National Park Indonesia

Porcelain crabs , Neopetrolisthes oshimai , Komodo Indonesia

Coleman shrimps , Periclimenes colemani , on a venomous fire sea urchin , Komodo Marine National Park Indonesia

Goby on a sea apple , Komodo Marine National Park Indonesia

Ribbon eel , Rhinomuraena quaesita , male Komodo Indonesia

Triplefins on a starfish , Komodo Marine National Park Indonesia

Mandarinfish, Synchiropus splendidus, Palau

Saddled anemonefish, Amphiprion polymnus, Dimakya Island Philippines

Pygmy sea horses courting, Hippocampus bargibanti, Indonesia.

Porcelain crab, Neopetrolisthes Maculatus, Dimakya Island Philippines.

Reef scenic, Coron, Philippines.

Giant clam, Tridacna gigas, Dimakya Island Philippines.

Commensal shrimps, Pliopontonia furtiva, on a disc anemone. Bali Indonesia.

Diver with butterflyfishes in Bora Bora Logoon, French Polynesia.

Manta Ray in Bora Bora Lagoon, French Polynesia.

Picasso triggerfish, Rhinecanthus aculeatus, in Bora Bora Lagoon, French Polynesia.

Reef blacktip shark, Carcharhinus melanopterus, in Bora Bora Lagoon, French Polynesia.

Gray reef shark in Bora Bora Lagoon, French Polynesia.

Pinktail triggrfish, Melichthys vidua, Bora Bora, French Polynesia.

Pacific double-saddle butterflyfishes, Chaetodon ulietensis, in Bora Bora, French Polynesia.

Reticulated butterflyfish, Chaetodon reticulatus, Bora Bora, French Polynesia.

Humphead wrasse, Cheilinus undulatus, Bora Bora, French Polynesia.

Sea slug Bodrum Turkey

Squid , Kas Mediterranean

Diving in a Sea Cavern Dalaman Turkey

Reef scenic with damsels hovering over hard corals, Sulawesi Indonesia.

Juvenile golden damsel, Amblyglyphidodon aureus, hiding in a soft coral.

Reef scenic, Sulawesi Indonesia.

Lined butterflyfish, Chaetodon linaolatus, Raja Ampat Islands, Indonesia.

Soft corals and fish life, Sulawesi Indonesia.

Sponges and feather stars on a reef, Sulawesi Indonesia.

Regal angelfish, Pygoplites diacanthus.

Cave shrimp, Parhippolyte mistica, Sulawesi ındonesia.

Acropora hard corals and diver, Raja Ampat Islands, Indonesia.

Sea fan and soft corals, Sulawesi Indonesia.

Jawfish, Opistognathus sp., Sulawesi Indonesia.

Clark anemonefish, Amphiprion clarkii, Borneo Malaysia.

Tomato anemonefish, Amphiprion frenatus, Sulawesi Indonesia.

Orange anemonfish, Amphiprion sandaracinos, Sulawesi Indonesia.

Spinecheek anemonefishes, Premnas biaeculatus, Sulawesi Indonesia.

Clown fishes, Amphiprion percula, Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea.

Princess anthiases, Pseudanthias smithvanizi, females, Kosrae Micronesia.

Flame angelfish, Centropyge loricula, Kosrae Micronesia.

Redfin anthiases, Pseudanthias dispar, Kosrae Micronesia

Comical blenny, Ecsenius opsifrontalis, Kosrae Micronesia.

Redfin anthiases, Pseudanthias dispar, Kosrae Micronesia

Orangefin anemonefish, Amphiprion chrysepterus, Kosrae Micronesia.

Redfin anthiases, Pseudanthias dispar, Kosrae Micronesia

Pink anemonefish, Ampriprion perideraion, Kosrae Micronesia.

Purple quen anthias, Pseudanthias pascalus, being cleaned by cleaner wrasse, Kosrae Micronesia.

Freckled Hawkfish, Paracirrhites forsteri, Kosrae Micronesia.

Fire dartfish, Nemateleotris magnifica, Kosrae Micronesia

Orangefin anemonefish, Amphiprion chrysepterus, Kosrae Micronesia.

Network pipefish, Corythoichthys flavofasciatus, Kosrae Micronesia.

Spot banded butterflyfishes, Chaetodon punctatofasciatus, feeding on coral polyps, Kosrae Micronesia.

Juvenile brushtail tangfish, Zebrasoma scopas, being cleaned by cleaner wrasse, Kosrae Micronesia.

Blue damsel, Pomacentrus pavo, Kosrae Micronesia.

Ornate butterflyfish, Chaetodon ornatissimus, Kosrae Micronesia.

Purple quen anthias, Pseudanthias pascalus, Kosrae Micronesia.

Goby , Trimma caesura , on a starfish , Coron Philippines

Jawfish incubating eggs in his mouth Dimakya Island Philippines

Seaweed farming people Lembongan Island Indonesia

Bigeye trevally school , Caranx sexfasciatus , Malaysia Borneo

Kelp floaters, Channel Islands, California USA

Clown fishes , Amphiprion ocellaris Sulawesi Indonesia

Six banded wrasse, Thallasoma hardwickei, Bali Indonesia