Bony Fish Collection (#46)

Panda butterflyfish over a coral reef
Panda butterflyfish (Chaetodon adiergastos) over a coral reef. Photographed in Bali, Indonesia

Red lionfish on a reef
Red lionfish (Pterois volitans) with lyretail anthias (Pseudanthias squamipinnis) on a reef. Lionfish are highly venomous predatory marine fish

Two-spot snappers and coral. School of two-spot snappers (Lutjanus biguttatus) over vast beds of staghorn coral (Acropora cervicornis). Photographed in the Andaman Sea, Thailand

Spinecheek anemonefish (Premnas biaculeatus) swimming amongst bubble tip anemone (Entacmaea quadricolor) tentacles. Photographed in Misool, Raja Empat, West Papua, Indonesia

Twotone tangs (Zebrasoma scopas) amongst coral on a reef. Photographed in the Philippines. Indo-Pacific. (Digital capture)

Bicolour angelfish (Centropyge bicolor) on a tropical reef. Photographed in Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia

Clown anemonefish (Amphiprion percula) in a blue variety of giant carpet anemone (Stichodactyla gigantea). Photographed in Papua New Guinea, Indonesia

Tropical fish shoals. Shoals of bigeye scad (Selar crumenophthalmus, bottom) and bigeye trevally (Caranx sexfasciatus, top). Photographed off Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia

Bigscale soldierfish (Myripristis berndti) on a reef. Photographed off the coast of Rinca Island, Indonesia

Blue-girdled angelfish (Pomacanthus navarchus, centre) on a coral reef. Photographed off the Solomon Islands

Crimson soldierfish (Myripristis murdjan) by a reef. Photographed in the Red Sea, Egypt

Regal angelfish (Pygoplites diacanthus) on a coral reef. Photographed in the Red Sea, Egypt

Spot-banded butterflyfish (Chaetodon punctatofasciatus) on a reef. Photographed in Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia

Tropical angelfish. Regal angelfish (Pygoplites diacanthus, upper right) and a blue-girdled angelfish (Pomacanthus navarchus, centre) on a coral reef. Photographed off the Solomon Islands

Bigeye scad. School of bigeye scad (Selar crumenophthalmus) fish swimming near a reef. Photographed off Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia

Powder-blue tang
Purple tang (Zebrasoma xanthurum) on a reef. Photographed in the Red Sea, Egypt

Banggai cardinalfish (Pterapogon kauderni) seeking shelter near an anemone. Photographed in the Lembeh Strait, Sulawesi, Indonesia

Anthias swimming over a reef
Anthias (Pseudanthias sp.) swimming over a reef. Photographed in Indonesia

Yellow-ribbon sweetlips (Plectorhinchus polytaenia, centre) and other fish on a coral reef. Photographed off Rinca island, Komodo National Park, Indonesia

Convict blennies. Adult convict blenny (Pholidichthys leucotaenia) fish excavating a burrow where it lives and where the juveniles (top left and right) shelter during the night

Lyretail anthias and coral
Lyretail anthias. Female lyretail anthias, or goldies, (Pseudanthias squamipinnis) with fire coral. Photographed in the Red Sea, Egypt

Luzon starfish and scorpionfish. Small scorpionfish (family Scorpaenidae) lying on a luzon starfish (Echinaster luzonicus), at night on a coral reef. Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia

Ornate ghost pipefish and featherstars
Ornate ghost pipefish (Solenostomus paradoxus, centre) and featherstars. These fish grow up to 12 centimetres in length. They are found alone or in pairs in bays

Ghost goby on hard coral
Ghost goby (Bryaninops erythrops, centre left) resting on hard coral. The goby family (Gobiidae) is one of the largest families of fish and includes some of the smallest vertebrates in the world

Tropical reef. Panda butterflyfish (Chaetodon adiergastos) with barrel sponges on a coral reef near a jetty (top). Photographed off Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia

Giant moray eel (Gymnothorax javanicus) with a bluestreak cleaner wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus). Giant morays are the largest of the moray eels and are widespread throughout the Indo-Pacific region

Humpback snappers (Lutjanus gibbus) over a coral reef. Photographed in Bali, Indonesia

Blueline snappers (Lutjanus kasmira) over a coral reef. Photographed in the Andaman Sea, Thailand

Bigeye snappers (Lutjanus lutjanus) over a coral reef. Photographed in the Andaman Sea, Thailand

Red saddleback anemonefish and soft coral
Red saddleback anemonefish (Amphiprion ephippium) and soft corals on a reef. Photographed in the Andaman Sea, Thailand

Bloodspot squirrelfish (Neoniphon sammara) over a coral reef. Photographed off the coast of North Sulawesi, Indonesia

Lyretail anthias females and corals
Lyretail anthias (Pseudanthias squamipinnis) females and corals. This fish is also known as the sea goldie. It can reach up to 15 centimetres in length

Sweeper fish and soft corals
Sweeper fish (Parapriacanthus sp.) over soft coral. These fish are found in large schools near coral reefs. They feed at night on zooplankton. Photographed in the Andaman Sea, Thailand

Lyretail anthias females
Lyretail anthias (Pseudanthias squamipinnis) females. This fish is also known as the sea goldie. It can reach up to 15 centimetres in length and is found throughout the Indo-West Pacific region

Mixed school of spadefish: longfin spadefish (Platax teira, longer fins) and pinnate spadefish (Platax pinnatus). The longfin spadefish is also called the tiera batfish

Lyretail anthias and corals
Lyretail anthias (Pseudanthias squamipinnis) over corals in shallow water. This fish is also known as the sea goldie. It can reach up to 15 centimetres in length

Crown squirrelfish and red soldierfish
Crown squirrelfish (Sargocentron diadema, striped) and red soldierfish (Myripristis murdjan). Crown squirrelfish are found in the tropical Indo-Pacific. They reach a length of 15 to 25 centimetres

Golden butterflyfish pair
Golden butterflyfish (Chaetodon semilarvatus) pair. This fish is also known as the bluecheek butterflyfish and the masked butterflyfish

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