Shoals Collection (#8)

Kittiwakes (Rissa tridactyla) attacking sand eel baitball Isle of Mull, Western Scotand (RR)
Matthew Watkinson / SplashdownDirect

Whale shark (Rhincodon typus) feeding amongst Mackerel baitball, Sea of Cortez, Mexico (RR)
Maria Munn / SplashdownDirect

Great White Shark VT 8219 Underwater full body - South Australia. Carcharodon carcharias © Valerie & Ron Taylor
VT-8219 Great White / White / White Pointer SHARK - underwater, side view, South Australia. Carcharodon carcharias Distribution: Worldwide

Great White Shark VT 8217 Underwater coming towards camera - South Australia
VT-8217 Great White / White / White Pointer SHARK - underwater, facing camera. South Australia. Carcharodon carcharias Distribution: Worldwide

Great White Shark VT 8207 Underwater, side view swimming with fish - South Australia Carcharodon carcharias ©
VT-8207 Great White / White / White Pointer SHARK - underwater with fish shoal South Australia Carcharodon carcharias Distribution: Worldwide

Grey Reef Shark - feeding frenzy
VT-5681 Grey Reef Shark - Feeding frenzy Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos Valerie & Ron Taylor Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Blue Surgeon Fish - shoal feeding
VT-5105 Blue Surgeon Fish - shoal feeding Paracanthurus hepatus Valerie & Ron Taylor Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Paddletail Snapper KA 44 Shoal, Polynesia Lutjanus gibbus © Kurt Amsler / ARDEA LONDON
KA-44 PADDLETAIL SNAPPER SHOAL Polynesia Lutjanus gibbus Kurt Amsler Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

School of "Grunts" - Island of COZUMEL Yucatan Mexico
KA-564 School of "Grunts" Island of COZUMEL Yucatan Mexico Kurt Amsler Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Coral reef scene. Ribbon Reef Number 10, Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, Queensland, Australia
AUS-730 Coral reef scene. Ribbon Reef Number 10, Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, Queensland, Australia Dr David Wachenfeld / Auscape / ardea.com Auscape Please note that prints are for personal

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AUS-544 Cardinalfish spawning aggregation. Raine Island, Great Barrier Reef (World Heritage Area), Queensland, Australia Fam

Fairy basslets - swim over a reef adorned with hard coral, colourful soft corals, crinoids, compound ascidians
AUS-1814 Fairy basslets - swim over a reef adorned with hard coral, colourful soft corals, crinoids, compound ascidians, yellow tubastrea coral, hydroids

Lyre-tail Fairy Basslets - in soft coral Fiji KDN01126
AUS-1770 Lyre-tail Fairy Basslets - in soft coral Fiji Pseudanthias cf. cheirospilos Kevin Deacon / Auscape / ardea.com Auscape Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Barracuda - usually found swimming in large shoals along reef dropoffs, these fish are merciless hunters
VT-8770 Barracuda - usually found swimming in large shoals along reef dropoffs, these fish are merciless hunters. Cormerant Pass, Great Barrier Reef, Australia Sphyraena genie

Black Tip reef sharks - In water so shallow they stir up the sand, these baby sharks are safe from larger preditors
VT-8661 Black-tip / Blacktip Reef SHARKS - In water so shallow they stir up the sand, these baby sharks are safe from larger predators which can include their parents

Whale shark - may grow to 18 metres and weigh 40, 000 kilograms GOR00043
AUS-1888 Whale shark - may grow to 18 metres and weigh 40, 000 kilograms Rhincodontypus Ian Gordon / Auscape / ardea.com Auscape Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Sweetlips - 10 species and 2 genera are known from the Coral Sea and Great Barrier Reef
VT-8698 Lined Sweetlips - shoal Coral Sea Plectorhinchus lineatus 10 species and 2 genera are known from the Coral Sea and Great Barrier Reef. The flesh of the larger Sweetlips is good eating

Threadfin Pearl Perch - found north of Exmouth Western Australia into Papua Newguinea. Exmouth, Western australia
VT-8695 Threadfin Pearl Perch Exmouth, Western Australia Glaucosoma magnificum Distribution: Found north of Exmouth, Western Australia into Papua New Guinea

Hussars / Yellow Banded sea perch - The fish are found during the daylight hours in large schools around coral
VT-8694 Hussars / Yellow-banded Sea perch / Snapper - are found during daylight hours in large shoals around coral outcrops Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef

Teira Batfish - These gentle plankton eating fiah are found is schools throughour the Indo Pacific
VT-8693 Teira Batfish - These gentle plankton eating fish are found in shoals throughout the Indo-Pacific Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef Platax teira Valerie & Ron Taylor Please note that prints

Pinnate Batfish - Not often seen in schools these batfish have the most beautiful Black and orange young. Indonesia
VT-8692 Pinnate Batfish - not often seen in shoals, these batfish have the most beautiful Black and orange young. Indonesia

Fusilier Fish - School This species schools on the current side of tropical reefs, feeding on plankton. Milne bay
VT-8465 Dark-banded / Neon / Bluestreak FUSILIER Fish - school Milne bay. Papua New Guinea Pterocaesio tile This species schools on the current side of tropical reefs, feeding on plankton

Golden Sweeper - Fish congregating in the safety of a wreck. Milne Bay. Papua New guinea FIS-076
VT-8464 Golden SWEEPER - congregating in the safety of a wreck Milne Bay. Papua New guinea Parapriacanthus ransonnetti Valerie & Ron Taylor Please note that prints are for personal display purposes

Philippine Butterflyfish - School photographed in the Banda Sea. Uncommon. Banda Sea. Indonesia, FIS-070
VT-8461 Philippine / Bantayan / Panda / Masked BUTTERFLYFISH - school Banda Sea. Indonesia Chaetodon adiergastos Photographed in the Banda Sea. Uncommon

Plankton feeding mackerel - Like whales, these fish suck plankton from the open water by swimming very fast in close
VT-8452 Long-jawed / Striped / Indian MACKEREL - feeding on Plankton Papua New Guinea Rastrelliger kanagurta These fish suck plankton from the open water by swimming very fast in close formation

Palau Jellyfish - Jellyfish lake in the hills of Palau is home to millions of freshwater jellyfish they follow the sun
VT-8397 Palau Jellyfish - Mass Jellyfish Lake, Palau Thysanostoma thysanura Millions of years ago, jellyfish were trapped in this lake in the hills of Palau after a submerged reef rose from the sea

Thimble Jellyfish - Thimble Jellyfish are always found in large congretations near or on the surface
VT-8395 Thimble Jellyfish - Thimble Jellyfish are always found in large congretations near or on the surface. They have a slight sting Milne Bay. Papua New Guinea Jellyfish sp

Giant Jellyfish- Its stinging tenticals give protection to small fish as they drift in the ocean currents Seal Rocks
VT-8394 Giant Jellyfish - Its stinging tentacles give protection to small fish as they drift in the ocean currents Seal Rocks. NSW. Ausralia

Scenic, Corals - Komodo Marine Park, Komodo is world famous for its rich and colourful marine life - Komodo National
VT-8349 Scenic, Corals - Komodo Marine Park, Komodo is world famous for its rich and colourful marine life Komodo National Park

Double-headed / Giant Bump headed / Giant Parrotfish - The largest of their species in the world clumping together in a
VT-8204 Double-headed / Bumphead / Green Humphead / Giant PARROTFISH - school Raine Island, Great Barrier Reef. Australia. Bolbometopon muricatum The largest of their species in the world

Double-headed / Giant Bump headed / Giant Parrotfish - The largest of their species in the world
VT-8200 Double-headed / Bumphead / Green Humphead / Giant PARROTFISH - school Raine Island, Great Barrier Reef. Australia. Bolbometopon muricatum The largest of their species in the world

Spotted Jellyfish Jellyfish Congregation New South Wales, Australia
VT-8190 Spotted JELLYFISH - jellyfish congregation New South Wales, Australia Phyllorhiza punctata Valerie & Ron Taylor Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Great Barracuda
VT-5324 GREAT BARRACUDA Sphyraena barracuda Valerie & Ron Taylor Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Aquarium - Zebra Danio Fish - feeding
LA-2477 Aquarium - Zebra Danio Fish - feeding Brachydanio rerio Jean Michel Labat Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Fish - Red Platys in Aquarium tank
LA-1587 Fish - Red Platys in Aquarium tank Jean Michel Labat Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Harlequin Fish - Shoal. Freshwater Aquarium Fish S. E. Asia
LA-1513 Harlequin Fish - Shoal. Freshwater Aquarium Fish S.E. Asia Rasbora heteromorpha Jean Michel Labat Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Serpae Tetra - Shoal. Freshwater Aquarium Fish
LA-1511 Serpae Tetra - Shoal. Freshwater Aquarium Fish Hyphessobrycon serpae Jean Michel Labat Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Goldfish In fishtank
BB-652 Goldfish - In fishtank Brian Bevan Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Guppy / Millionfish – 3 males- tropical freshwater – variants - originally South & Central America 002745
BB-1048 Guppy / Millionfish - 3 males tropical freshwater - variants - originally South & Central America Poecilla reticulate Brian Bevan Please note that prints are for personal display purposes

Guppy / Millionfish - males with reflections - tropical freshwater – variants - originally South & Central America
BB-1044 Guppy / Millionfish - males with reflections tropical freshwater - variants - originally South & Central America Poecilla reticulate Brian Bevan Please note that prints are for personal

Coral reef scene with threadfin anthias (Pseudanthias huchtii) and blue-spotted rockcod (Cephalopholis cyanstigma)
AUS-728 Threadfin anthias and Blue-spotted rock cod (Cephalopholis cyanostigma). Ribbon Reef Number 10, Great Barrier Reef

Rainbow Runners - School. Rainbow Runners are considered a good bait fish They grow to 170 cm. and are pelagic
VT-8451 Rainbow RUNNERS / Salmon runner / Hawaiian Salmon / Skip Jack - school. Lady Elloit Island. Great Barrier Reef. Australia Elagatis bipinnulata Considered a good bait fish

Double-headed / Giant Bump headed / Giant Parrotfish - The largest of their species in the world clumping together in a
VT-8206 Double-headed / Bumphead / Green Humphead / Giant PARROTFISH - school Raine Island. Great Barrier Reef. Australia. Bolbometopon muricatum The largest of their species in the world

Batfish Indo Pacific, Papua New Guinea
VT-6112 Batfish Indo Pacific, Papua New Guinea Platax teira Valerie & Ron Taylor Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Anthias - school on coral reef Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia KDN962Bd
AUS-1781 Anthias - school on coral reef Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia Anthias sp. Kevin Deacon / Auscape / ardea.com Auscape Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Blacktip Sharks - Split-level view, above and underwater. Island Rangiroa, Polynesia
KA-522 Blacktip Sharks - Split-level view, above and underwater Island Rangiroa, Polynesia Carcharhinus melanopterus Kurt Amsler Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

School of Scalloped Hammerhead Sharks. Island of Malpelo Columbia
KA-511 School of Scalloped Hammerhead Sharks Island of Malpelo Columbia Sphyrna lewini Kurt Amsler Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Scalloped Hammerhead Shark - group / school Cocos Island, Costa Rica
DSE-101 Scalloped Hammerhead SHARK - group / school Cocos Island, Costa Rica Sphyrna lewini Douglas David Seifert 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.