Bony Fish Collection (#49)

Tobies (Canthigaster sp.). This fish is usually found in pairs on sandy bays or lagoon bottoms in tropical oceans. Photographed off Mabul, Sabah, Malaysia

Devil scorpionfish (Inimicus didactylus) camouflaged on the seabed. This fish is found in the Indo-west Pacific. It lays in wait on the seabed until its prey, a small fish

Yellow boxfish (Ostracion cubicus). Photographed in the Red Sea, Egypt

Variegated lizard fish (Synodus variegatus). This bottom-dwelling fish leaps at its prey and swallows it whole. Photographed in the Andaman Sea, Thailand

Ornate ghost pipefish (Solenostomus paradoxus, centre) camouflaged against a crinoid. These fish grow up to 12 centimetres in length

Lined butterflyfish (Chaetodon lineolatus). Photographed in the Red Sea, Egypt

Moontail bullseyes on a wreck
Moontail bullseye (Priacanthus hamrur) fish on a wreck. Photographed in the Red Sea, Egypt

School of snappers
School of juvenile snappers (family Lutjanidae). Photographed off Mabul, Sabah, Malaysia

Streaked spinefoot fish (Siganus javus). Photographed in the Andaman Sea, Thailand

School of sweetlips. Yellow-ribbon (Plectorhinchus polytaenia) and blackspotted (Plectorhinchus gaterinus) sweetlips schooling over a coral reef

Yellow-axil chromis fish
Yellow-axil chromis (Chromis xanthochira) fish amongst soft coral (Siphonogorgia sp.). Photographed in Rinca, Indonesia

Coral hind groupers (Cephlopholis miniata) hiding in a gorgonian sea fan. Photographed in the Andaman Sea, Thailand

Threadfin butterflyfish (Chaetodon auriga). Photographed in the Red Sea, Egypt

Striped surgeonfish (Acanthurus lineatus) grazing on algae growing on a coral reef. Photographed off Bali, Indonesia

Golden damselfish (Amblyglyphidodon aureus, centre) by a gorgonian sea fan (left) on a coral reef. This species of damselfish inhabits reefs in the tropical Indo-Pacific region

Bigeye trevally fish
Bigeye trevally (Caranx sexfasciatus) shoal. Photographed in Sipadan, Malaysia

Bluefin trevally fish
Bluefin trevally (Caranx melampygus) fish following a hunting moray eel (dark grey). Photographed in the Red Sea, Egypt

Grouper (subfamily Epinephelus) hiding in black coral. Photographed off Kapalai, Sabah, Malaysia

Coral reef community. Coral reefs are extensive and diverse marine ecosystems. Corals themselves are tiny animals that live in colonies

School of fusiliers (family Caesionidae). Photographed off Raja Ampat Islands, West Papua, Indonesia

Orange-spotted spinefoot fish
Orange-spotted spinefoot (Siganus guttatus) fish feeding. Photographed in the Andaman Sea, Thailand

Yellowbar angelfish (Pomacanthus maculosus). Photographed in the Red Sea, Egypt

Golden butterflyfish (Chaetodon semilarvatus) pair swimming amongst soft corals. Photographed in the Red Sea, Egypt

Red Sea racoon butterflyfish (Chaetodon fasciatus) swimming over a coral reef. Photographed in the Red Sea, Egypt

White-edged lyretail grouper (Variola albimarginata). Photographed in Bali, Indonesia

Moontail bullseyes
Moontail bullseye (Priacanthus hamrur) fish. Photographed in the Red Sea, Egypt

Chevron barracuda (Sphyraena qenie) schooling. Photographed off Sipadan, Sabah, Malaysia

Coral hind grouper (Cephlopholis miniata) hiding in coral. Photographed off Papua New Guinea

Lizardfish (family Synodontidae). Lizardfish are ambush predators, lying in wait to snatch at prey fish. Photographed off Mabul, Sabah, Malaysia

School of Boers batfish (Platax boersii). Photographed off Sipadan, Sabah, Malaysia

Blue-streak gobies mating
Blue-streak gobies (Valenciennea strigata) mating. Photographed in the Andaman Sea, Thailand

Tropical reef fish. Two elongate surgeonfish (Acanthurus mata, large, centre) being cleaned by bluestreak cleaner wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus, striped), amonst a host of other fish on a coral reef

Pacific mimic surgeonfish (Acanthurus pyroferus) being cleaned by a bluestreak cleaner wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus) on a coral reef

Yellowstriped anthias (Pseudanthias tuka) shoal over a coral reef. Photographed in Bunaken National Park, North Sulawesi, Indonesia

False clown anemonefish (Amphiprion ocellaris) amongst anemone tentacles. Seen here are a female and two small males. Photographed in Misool, Raja Empat, West Papua, Indonesia

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

Lyretail anthias and soft corals
Lyretail anthias (Pseudanthias squamipinnis) with soft corals on a reef. This fish is also known as the sea goldie. Photographed in the Red Sea, Egypt

Lyretail anthias (Pseudanthias squamipinnis), also known as sea goldies, with a gorgonian coral fan (pink) and featherstars (black). Photographed off Bali, Indonesia

Red Sea bannerfish (Heniochus intermedius). Photographed in the Red Sea, Egypt

Emperor angelfish (Pomacanthus imperator) with two juvenile blue-streak cleaner wrasses (Labroides dimidiatus). Photographed in the Andaman Sea, Thailand

Reef fish and coral. Damselfish (family Pomacentridae) and other reef fish schooling over branching Acropora sp. hard corals. Photographed in the Bunaken Marine Park, Manado, Sulawesi, Indonesia

Longlure frogfish (Antennarius multiocellatus) with its mouth wide open. Photographed off Bonaire island, Antilles, West Indies

Cardinalfish and parasite. Cardinalfish (family Apogonidae) with a parasitic isopod crustacean on its head. Parasitic isopods feed on the tissues of their host

Giant frogfish on a large sponge
Giant frogfish (Antennarius commersonii) on a large sponge. Frogfish are ambush predators that rely on camouflage to remain undetected by their prey

Damselfish on a reef. School of damselfish (family Pomacentridae) by a gorgonian sea fan (pink) on a coral reef. Photographed off Misool, West Papua, Indonesia

Stoplight parrotfish. Close-up of the head of a terminal phase stoplight parrotfish (Sparisoma viride). This species of parrotfish may change gender as they mature

Snappers. School of snapper (family Lutjanidae) fish swimming between boulders covered in black coral. Photographed in Triton Bay, West Papua, Indonesia

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