Shoals Collection (#6)

Green Chromis Damselfish (Chromis viridis) school, swimming over Hard Coral (Acropora sp)
Green Chromis Damselfish (Chromis viridis) school, swimming over Hard Coral (Acropora sp.), Tugu, Nusa Penida, Bali, Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia

Shoal of small fish beside jetty, Sipadan island, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia

Bluestreak Fusilier (Pterocaesio tile) adults, shoal swimming in reef, Tutuntute, Wetar Island, Barat Daya Islands, Lesser Sunda Islands, Maluku Province, Indonesia

Staghorn Coral (Acropora sp. ) with small fish, in coral reef habitat, Sipadan Island, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia
Staghorn Coral (Acropora sp.) with small fish, in coral reef habitat, Sipadan Island, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia

Blackfin Barracuda (Sphyraena qenie) shoal, swimming away, Barracuda Point, Sipadan Island, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia

Bigeye Trevally (Caranx sexfasciatus) shoal, photographed by diver on reef, Sipadan Island, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia

Cape Gannet (Morus capensis) adult, diving underwater and feeding on baitball school of small bait fish, offshore Port St. Johns, Wild Coast, Eastern Cape (Transkei), South Africa

Cape Gannet (Morus capensis) two adults, diving underwater and feeding on baitball school of small bait fish, offshore Port St. Johns, Wild Coast, Eastern Cape (Transkei), South Africa

Cape Gannet (Morus capensis) and Long-beaked Common Dolphin (Delphinus capensis) adults, diving underwater and feeding on baitball school of small bait fish, offshore Port St

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

Striped Catfish
Striped eel catfish. Shoal of striped catfish (Plotosus lineatus). These fish inhabit the tropical waters of the Indo-Pacific region

Coral scene - Raja Ampat - Indonesia
VT-9006 Coral scene Raja Ampat - Indonesia Valerie & Ron Taylor Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Coral reef scene - rich tropical reef with Sponges, Ascidians, Soft and Hard Corals - Water tempreture 29 degrees
VT-9008 Coral reef scene - rich tropical reef with Sponges, Ascidians, Soft and Hard Corals Water tempreture 29 degrees - Depth 3 meters - Indonesia Valerie & Ron Taylor Please note that prints are

Coral reef scene on a healthy reef - with Soft and Hard Corals, Ascidians, Sponges and Anthias - Raja Ampat - Indonesia
VT-9007 Coral reef scene on a healthy reef - with Soft and Hard Corals, Ascidians, Sponges and Anthias Raja Ampat - Indonesia Valerie & Ron Taylor Please note that prints are for personal display

Unidentified fish living on a branching Gorgoian coral. They seemed to be sucking algae or slime from the branches
VT-9032 Unidentified fish living on a branching Gorgoian coral. They seemed to be sucking algae or slime from the branches

California Pilchard / Pacific Sardine - Pacific Ocean, Monterey, California
ROG-14180 California Pilchard / Pacific Sardine Pacific Ocean, Monterey, California, USA Sardinops sagax caerulea Bob Gibbons Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Mackerel - Atlantic Ocean - North Sea - Mediterranean Sea
PM-5336 Mackerel - Atlantic Ocean - North Sea Mediterranean Sea Scomber scombrus Pat Morris Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Mackerel - shoal - UK
PM-6903 Mackerel - shoal UK Scomber Pat Morris Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Japanese Anchovy, shoal, pelagic in west Pacific Ocean. Chinese and Japanese waters
PM-10626 Japanese Anchovy, shoal, pelagic in west Pacific Ocean. Chinese and Japanese waters. Engraulis japonicus Pat Morris Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Chevron barracuda - school - Papua New Guinea SND01133
AUS-1945 Chevron barracuda - school Papua New Guinea Sphyrnaena putnamiae Becca Saunders / Auscape / ardea.com Auscape Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

The Goodwin Sands
The GOODWIN SANDS, in the Straits of Dover, where many a good ship has come to grief

Cardinal fish - These schooling fish use spiney sea urchins as protection against preditors. Apogon sp
VT-8453 CARDINAL fish - These schooling fish use spiny sea urchins (Echinothrix diadema) as protection against predators. Milne bay

Jellyfish Plauge Venomous, Papua New Guinea
VT-6346 JELLYFISH PLAGUE Venomous, Papua New Guinea Valerie & Ron Taylor Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Bigeye Trevally - Papua New Guinea
VT-4782 Bigeye Trevally Papua New Guinea Caranx sexfasciatus Valerie & Ron Taylor Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Bigeye Trevally - Great Barrier Reef - Australia
VT-5153 Bigeye Trevally Great Barrier Reef - Australia Caranx sexfasciatus Valerie & Ron Taylor Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Red-bellied Piranha - group underwater
WAT-8854 Red-bellied Piranha - group underwater Ilanos, Venezuela Serrasalmus nattereri M. Watson Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in anyway

Cobia Fish Mayotte Island, Indian Ocean
WAT-10642 Cobia Fish Mayotte Island, Indian Ocean. Rachycentron canadum M. Watson Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in anyway

Ribbon Sweetlips - often seen in large groups - Indonesia
VT-8921 Ribbon Sweetlips - often seen in large groups Indonesia Plectorhinchus polytaenia Valerie & Ron Taylor Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Ribbon Sweetlips - resting together waiting for night when they move over the reef to feed - Indonesia
VT-8922 Ribbon Sweetlips - resting together waiting for night when they move over the reef to feed Indonesia Plectorhinchus polytaenia Valerie & Ron Taylor Please note that prints are for personal

Bigeye Trevally - shoal, common along reef dropoffs these fish are always found in large schools
VT-8769 Bigeye Trevally - shoal, common along reef dropoffs these fish are always found in large schools. Lady Elliot Island

Bigeye trevally - Common along reef dropoffs these fish are always found in large schools
VT-8734 Bigeye trevally - Common along reef drop offs. These fish are always found in large schools. Lady Elliot Island, Great Barrier Reef

Ringtailed cardinalfish - These lovely little fish live around hard corals taking shelter from predators in the hard
VT-8700 Ring-tailed cardinalfish - live around hard corals, taking shelter from predators in the hard branches. Papua New Guinea Apogon aureus Valerie & Ron Taylor Please note that prints are for

Yellowfin Goatfish - Usually encountered by day in aggregations around reefs. They feed in the sand. Papua New guinea
VT-8699 Yellowfin Goatfish - usually encountered by day in aggregations around reefs. They feed in the sand. Papua New Guinea Mulloidichthys vanicolensis Valerie & Ron Taylor Please note that prints

Shrimpfishes / Razorfishes - They swim in small synchronrized groups, each fish in a horozontal position
VT-8697 Shrimpfishes / Razorfishes - swim in small synchronrized groups, each fish in a horozontal position. They can also swim in a vertical posture. They are related to the pipefishes

Shrimpfishes - They swim in small synchronrized groups, each fish in a horozontal position
VT-8696 Shrimpfishes / Razorfishes - swim in small synchronrized groups, each fish in a horizontal position. They can also swim in vertical position. Related to the pipefishes

Golden Sweepers - Very large schools of Sweeepers are found in caves during daytime, dispursing to feed at night
VT-8450 Golden SWEEPERS - mass shoal Milne Bay. Papua New Guinea Parapriacanthus ransonnetti Very large schools of Sweeepers are found in caves during daytime, dispursing to feed at night

Golden Sweepers - School. Found tightly packed in caves during the day. Milne Bay. Papua New Guinea FIS-082
VT-8448 Golden SWEEPERS - school Milne Bay. Papua New Guinea Parapriacanthus ransonnetti Found tightly packed in caves during the day

Bluestripe Snapper - School bunched together for protection. This fish was introduced into the Hawaian Islands where it
VT-8459 Bluestriped / Blue-stripe SNAPPER / Yellow and blue Seaperch - school bunched together for protection Distribution

Golden Sweepers - School. This tightly packed species take refuge in caves during the day, Milne Bay
VT-8449 Golden SWEEPERS - School Milne Bay. Papua New Guinea Parapriacanthus ransonnetti This tightly packed species take refuge in caves during the day

Coral - fish feeding on plankton Great Barrier Reef, Austalia
VT-8157 CORAL - fish feeding on plankton Great Barrier Reef, Austalia. Valerie & Ron Taylor Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in anyway

Schooling Long-fin Bannerfish - A plankton feeder who swims off the bottom often in large schools Toki Toki, Banda Sea
VT-8342 Schooling Long-fin Bannerfish - A plankton feeder who swims off the bottom often in large schools Toki Toki, Banda Sea

Catfish VT 7999 Under jetty Plotosus lineatus © Valerie Taylor / ARDEA LONDON
VT-7999 CATFISH - UNDER JETTY Plotosus lineatus Valerie & Ron Taylor Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in anyway

Shrimp / Razor Fish Papua New Guinea, Indo Pacific
VT-8021 Shrimp / Razor Fish Papua New Guinea, Indo Pacific. Aeoliscus strigatus Valerie & Ron Taylor Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Soutern Bluefin Tuna VT 6972 South Australia Thunnus maccoyii © Ron & Valerie Taylor / ARDEA LONDON
VT-6972 Southern Bluefin TUNA - shoal South Australia Thunnus maccoyii Valerie & Ron Taylor Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in anyway

Diamond Fish South West Pacific, Papua New Guinea
VT-6357 DIAMOND FISH - SHOAL South West Pacific, Papua New Guinea. Monodactylus argenteus Valerie & Ron Taylor Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Catfish VT 5863 Venomous Indo Pacific, Great Barrier Reef. © Ron & Valerie Taylor / ARDEA LONDON
VT-5863 CATFISH - VENOMOUS Indo-Pacific, Great Barrier Reef. Valerie & Ron Taylor Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in anyway

Humbug - Dascyllus aruanus & Dascyllus reticulatus Indo Pacific, Papua New Guinea
VT-6360 Fish - Humbugs - & Dascyllus reticulatus Indo Pacific, Papua New Guinea. Dascyllus aruanus Valerie & Ron Taylor Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

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"Exploring the Enigmatic Shoals of Marine Life: A Captivating Journey" Dive into the depths of Ningaloo reef, Western Australia, where a majestic Whale Shark gracefully glides near the ocean floor at a depth of 24m. Followed closely by a mesmerizing school of Trevally fish, this awe-inspiring sight showcases nature's harmony in motion. (WHS-008) In another corner of the vast ocean, encounter a juvenile Loggerhead Turtle accompanied by its loyal companions - pilot fish. Witness their symbiotic relationship as they navigate through unknown waters with grace and elegance. Venturing further, you'll be greeted by an impressive shoal of Barracuda swimming together in perfect unison. Their synchronized movements create an ethereal spectacle that leaves onlookers spellbound. Travel to European Seas and witness the captivating dance performed by Sea Bass as they form intricate patterns within their shoal. This harmonious display is nothing short of breathtaking. Delve into aquarium life and marvel at the vibrant Neon Tetra fish as they illuminate their surroundings with bursts of color. These tiny creatures bring joy to any aquatic landscape. Embark on an expedition to Thailand's Indian Ocean and meet the Collared Butterflyfish, adorned with striking patterns that resemble delicate brushstrokes on canvas. Their presence adds vibrancy to coral reefs teeming with life. Witness one of nature's most extraordinary events - a WHALE SHARK engulfed in a bait ball. As smaller fish swarm around this gentle giant, it creates an astonishing spectacle that highlights both power and beauty simultaneously. Observe three Long-beaked Common Dolphins feeding voraciously on a baitball school amidst open waters. Their agile movements showcase intelligence and teamwork while providing sustenance for these magnificent creatures. (Picture No. 10741798) From South Australia emerges the iconic Great White Shark surrounded by other curious marine species who dare not challenge its dominance but instead coexist in this underwater realm.