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Paddle-flap Scorpionfish (Rhinopias eschmeyeri). Photographed in Lembeh Strait, Indonesia.
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Paddle-flap Scorpionfish (Rhinopias eschmeyeri). Photographed in Lembeh Strait, Indonesia.
© Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com |
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Rare orange variety of the Spiny Devilfish (Inimicus didactylus) photographed in Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. Part of the scorpionfish family, the devilfish lives only in the tropical Pacific Ocean can deliver a painful and venomous sting with dorsal fins.
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Rare orange variety of the Spiny Devilfish (Inimicus didactylus) photographed in Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. Part of the scorpionfish family, the devilfish lives only in the tropical Pacific Ocean can deliver a painful and venomous sting with dorsal fins.
© Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com |
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Rare orange variety of the Spiny Devilfish (Inimicus didactylus) photographed in Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. Part of the scorpionfish family, the devilfish lives only in the tropical Pacific Ocean can deliver a painful and venomous sting with dorsal fins.
© Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com |
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Rare orange variety of the Spiny Devilfish (Inimicus didactylus) photographed in Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. Part of the scorpionfish family, the devilfish lives only in the tropical Pacific Ocean can deliver a painful and venomous sting with dorsal fins.
© Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com |
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Rare orange variety of the Spiny Devilfish (Inimicus didactylus) photographed in Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. Part of the scorpionfish family, the devilfish lives only in the tropical Pacific Ocean can deliver a painful and venomous sting with dorsal fins.
© Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com |
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Rare orange variety of the Spiny Devilfish (Inimicus didactylus) photographed in Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. Part of the scorpionfish family, the devilfish lives only in the tropical Pacific Ocean can deliver a painful and venomous sting with dorsal fins.
© Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com |
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Cockatoo Waspfish (Ablabys taenianotus). Found throughout the tropical West Pacific Ocean, from Malaysia to Japan and from Indonesia to Australia. Photo taken in the Philippines.
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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Shrimpfish (Aeoliscus strigatus). Also known as Razorfish. Usually seen in large schools near seawhip corals, branching corals and black coral trees throughout the Indo Pacific. Photo taken off Bali, Indonesia.
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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Marbled Stargazer (Uranoscopus bicinctus). Found inhabiting mud substrates from Japan to Indonesia. Photo taken at Lembeh Strait, Sulawesi, Indonesia
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Marbled Stargazer (Uranoscopus bicinctus). Found inhabiting mud substrates from Japan to Indonesia. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Marbled Stargazer (Uranoscopus bicinctus). Found inhabiting mud substrates from Japan to Indonesia. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Marbled Stargazer (Uranoscopus bicinctus). Found inhabiting mud substrates from Japan to Indonesia. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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White-margin Stargazer (Uranoscopus sulphureus) burried in sand with its ribbon-like tongue protruding from teeth-lined mouth to lure prey. Found throughtout Indo-Pacific. Photo taken Komodo National Park Indonesia. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com |
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Extremely venomous Reef Stonefish (Synanceia verrucosa). This species is the most venomous of known fish, possessing venom glands at the base of each needle sharp dorsal spine. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific. Photo Bali, Indonesia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Extremely venomous Reef Stonefish (Synanceia verrucosa). This species is the most venomous of known fish, possessing venom glands at the base of each needle sharp dorsal spine. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific. Photo Bali, Indonesia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Extremely venomous Reef Stonefish (Synanceia verrucosa). This species is the most venomous of known fish, possessing venom glands at the base of each needle sharp dorsal spine. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific. Photo Bali, Indonesia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Extremely venomous Reef Stonefish (Synanceia verrucosa). This species is the most venomous of known fish, possessing venom glands at the base of each needle sharp dorsal spine. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific. Photo Bali, Indonesia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Extremely venomous Reef Stonefish (Synanceia verrucosa). This species is the most venomous of known fish, possessing venom glands at the base of each needle sharp dorsal spine. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific. Photo Bali, Indonesia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Extremely venomous Reef Stonefish (Synanceia verrucosa) resting on a Barrel Sponge covered in Crinoid Featherstars. Bali, Indonesia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Extremely venomous Reef Stonefish (Synanceia verrucosa). This species is the most venomous of known fish, possessing venom glands at the base of each needle sharp dorsal spine. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific. Photo Bali, Indonesia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Extremely venomous Reef Stonefish (Synanceia verrucosa). This species is the most venomous of known fish, possessing venom glands at the base of each needle sharp dorsal spine. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific. Photo Bali, Indonesia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Extremely venomous Reef Stonefish (Synanceia verrucosa) in hunting mode, buried in sand with head protruding. Bali, Indonesia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Ribbon Sweetlips (Plectorhinchus polytaenia). Also known Striped and Yellow-ribbon Sweetlips. Found throughout the Indo-Pacific. Photo taken at Tulamben, Bali, Indonesia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Ribbon Sweetlips (Plectorhinchus polytaenia). Also known Striped and Yellow-ribbon Sweetlips. Found throughout the Indo-Pacific. Photo taken at Tulamben, Bali, Indonesia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Ribbon Sweetlips (Plectorhinchus polytaenia). Also known Striped and Yellow-ribbon Sweetlips. Found throughout the Indo-Pacific. Photo taken at Tulamben, Bali, Indonesia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Ribbon Sweetlips (Plectorhinchus polytaenia). Also known Striped and Yellow-ribbon Sweetlips. Found throughout the Indo-Pacific. Photo taken at Tulamben, Bali, Indonesia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Ribbon Sweetlips (Plectorhinchus polytaenia). Also known Striped and Yellow-ribbon Sweetlips. Found throughout the Indo-Pacific. Photo taken at Tulamben, Bali, Indonesia. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Cleaner Wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus), cleaning a Ribbon Sweetlips (Plectorhinchus polytaenia). Found throughout the Indo-Pacific. Photo taken at Tulamben, Bali, Indonesia. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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White-margin Stargazer (Uranoscopus sulphureus) burried in sand with its ribbon-like tongue protruding from teeth-lined mouth to lure prey. Found throughtout Indo-Pacific. Photo taken Komodo National Park Indonesia. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com |
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Giant Trevally (Caranx ignobilis). Found worldwide in all tropical seas. Photo taken in Komodo National Park Indonesia
© MIchael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com |
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Schooling Big-eye Trevally or Horse-eye Jacks (Caranx sexfasciatus). Found throughout the Indo-Pacific. Photo taken at the Liberty Shipwreck Tulamben Bali Indonesia. Within the Coral Triangle.
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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Yellowfin Surgeonfish (Acanthurus xanthopterus) with schooling Bigeye Jacks (Caranx sexfasciatus). Photo taken on the Liberty Shipwreck in Tulamben Bali Indonesia.
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas), framed by a circling school of Bigeye Jacks (Caranx sexfasciatus). Photo taken off Bali, Indonesia.
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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Titan Triggerfish (Balistoides viridescens). Bali, Indonesia. Found thoughout the Great Barrier Reef, NW Australia, SE Asia and Indo-central Pacific.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Titan Triggerfish (Balistoides viridescens). Bali, Indonesia. Found thoughout the Great Barrier Reef, NW Australia, SE Asia and Indo-central Pacific.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Titan Triggerfish (Balistoides viridescens). Bali, Indonesia. Found thoughout the Great Barrier Reef, NW Australia, SE Asia and Indo-central Pacific.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Titan Triggerfish (Balistoides viridescens) aerating egg cluster. Bali, Indonesia. Found thoughout the Great Barrier Reef, NW Australia, SE Asia and Indo-central Pacific.
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Titan Triggerfish (Balistoides viridescens). Bali, Indonesia. Found thoughout the Great Barrier Reef, NW Australia, SE Asia and Indo-central Pacific.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Titan Triggerfish (Balistoides viridescens) aerating egg cluster. Bali, Indonesia.Found thoughout the Great Barrier Reef, NW Australia, SE Asia and Indo-central Pacific.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Yellow-margin Triggerfish (Pseudobalistes flavimarginatus) aerating egg cluster. Bali, Indonesia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Yellow-margin Triggerfish (Pseudobalistes flavimarginatus). Bali, Indonesia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Yellow-margin Triggerfish (Pseudobalistes flavimarginatus) aerating egg cluster. Bali, Indonesia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Yellow-margin Triggerfish (Pseudobalistes flavimarginatus) aerating egg cluster. Bali, Indonesia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Orange-lined Triggerfish (Balistapus undulatus). Also known as Striped Triggerfish or Red-lined Triggerfish. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great barrier Reef, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Yellow-margin Triggerfish (Pseudobalistes flavimarginatus). Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Photo taken at Tulamben, Bali, Indonesia. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Yellow-margin Triggerfish (Pseudobalistes flavimarginatus), blowing sand in search of food. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Photo taken at Tulamben, Bali, Indonesia. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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