Underwater Collection (#98)

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

Flashlight Fish - these fish have a symbiotic bacterium that produces the light as a byproduct of metbolsim
VT-8766 Flashlight Fish - these fish have a symbiotic bacterium that produces the light as a byproduct of metbolsim. They are totally nocturnal, living by day deep in caves. Banda sea, Indonesia

Trumpet Fish - & Speckled-fin Rock Cod, the Trumpet fish hovers next to Speckeled Fin Rock Cod waiting for it's
VT-8765 Trumpetfish & Speckled-fin Rockcod / white-streaked Grouper (Epinephelus ongus) - the Trumpetfish hovers next to Speckeled-Fin Rockcod waiting for it's prey

Trumpetfish - hovers next to a whip coral waiting for it's prey. Note the hunting colouration. Ambon Indonesia
VT-8764 Trumpetfish - hovers next to a whip coral waiting for it's prey. Note the hunting colouration. Ambon Indonesia Aulostomus chinensis Valerie & Ron Taylor Please note that prints are for

Saw Legged Fish Louse - this carnivorous louse attaches itself to a host fish where it in sucks blood and flesh
VT-8759 Saw-Legged Fish Louse - this carnivorous louse attaches itself to a host fish where it in sucks blood and flesh. This poor parrotfish has two of these flesh sucking louse which must be a

Blackspot tuskfish / Green Wrasse - This wrasse is digging a hole searching for shrimps
VT-8733 Blackspot tuskfish / Green Wrasse - This wrasse is digging a hole searching for shrimps, crabs or other small creatures it can eat. Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef

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

Tomato Cod - being cleaned by the hump-back cleaner shrimp (Lysmata amboinensis) Mllne Bay, Papua New Guinea
VT-8737 Tomato Cod - being cleaned by the Indo-pacific White-striped / Hump-back Cleaner Shrimp (Lysmata amboinensis) Mllne Bay, Papua New Guinea

Blue-spotted / Coral cod - One of the most beautiful groupers on the reef. It is an agressive hunter of small fishes
VT-8738 Blue-spotted Rockcod / Coral Cod / Coral Hind / Miniatus Grouper - one of the most beautiful groupers on the reef. Indonesia Cephalopholis miniata An agressive hunter of small fishes

Sixspot Rockcod - for a predator to be so brightly coloured seems unusual but the colour red becomes black at 10
VT-8739 Sixspot / Freckled Rockcod / Cave / sixspot Grouper Banda Sea, Indonesia Cephalopholis sexmaculata For a predator to be so brightly coloured seems unusual

Sweetlip - with Cleaner Wrasse, Painted Sweetlips lined up to be cleaned by the little wrasse
VT-8757 Sweetlip - with Cleaner Wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus), Painted Sweetlips lined up to be cleaned by the little wrasse

Moray eel - a meter in length this moray showed great curiosity pushing his mouth against the camera lens
VT-8727 Moray eel - a meter in length this moray showed great curiosity pushing his mouth against the camera lens. Papua New Guinea Gymnothorax fimbriatus Valerie & Ron Taylor Please note that prints

Triggerfish - & Cleaner Wrasse, this large Triggerfish sits quietly while the little Wrasse picks off parisites
VT-8755 Triggerfish - & Cleaner Wrasse, this large Triggerfish sits quietly while the little Wrasse picks off parisites. Papua New Guinea. Balistoides viridescens

Blue-spotted Rockcod. - Usually found on shallow reefs and sea grass beds. Great Barrier reef, Australia
VT-8735 Blue-spotted rockcod / bluespotted hind - usually found on shallow reefs and sea grass beds. Great Barrier reef, Australia Cephalopholis cyanostigma Valerie & Ron Taylor Please note that

Blue Ribbon Eel - lives in sandy areas in the central western Pacific and the western Indian Ocean
VT-8754 Blue Ribbon Eel - lives in sandy areas in the central western Pacific and the western Indian Ocean. Subadults are black with a yellow fin. Indonesia

Sweetlip, cleaner wrasse - this Sweetlip holds is mouth open so the little wrasse can clean his gills
VT-8756 Magpie Sweetlip, cleaner wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus) - this Sweetlip holds is mouth open so the little wrasse can clean his gills

Cod - Considered a good eating fish this cod is often seen looking out from the protection of the coral
VT-8736 Cod - being cleaned by a Labroides wrasse. Indonesia Epinephelus macrospilus They are considered a good eating fish. This cod is often seen looking out from the protection of the coral

Sabretooth Blennies - this nasty little blennie imitates a cleaner wrasse
VT-8758 Sabretooth Blennies - this nasty little blennie imitates a cleaner wrasse. When a fish stops to be cleaned instead of picking off parisites it bites a piece out of the unsuspecting fish

Juvenile batfish - It is thought this beautiful little fish pretends to be a bad tasting flatworm until it is big
VT-8701 Pinnate Batfish - Juvenile, beautiful Black and orange young. Indonesia Platax pinnatus It is thought this beautiful little fish pretends to be a bad tasting flatworm until it is big enough

Moray Eel and Cleaner Wrasse (Labroides sp) - Cleaner wrasse are the barbers of the reef
VT-8725 Moray Eel and Cleaner Wrasse (Labroides sp) Indonesia Gymnothorax flavimarginatus Cleaner wrasse are the barbers of the reef. Here we see a wrasse nipping parasites from a moray eel

Honeycomb Moray Eel - can grow 2 meters in length. It can be dangerous if molested but generally they are not
VT-8726 Honeycomb Moray Eel - can grow 2 meters in length. It can be dangerous if molested but generally they are not aggressive to humans

Moray Eel & Cleaner Wrasse (Labroides Dimidiatus) - The little wrasse does a soft dance on the eel's head to signal
VT-8720 Moray Eel & Cleaner Wrasse (Labroides Dimidiatus) - The little wrasse does a soft dance on the eel's head to signal she is about to start cleaning him. Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef

Parrotfish - sleeping in the safety of it's sand spotted mucus cocoon
VT-8717 Parrotfish - sleeping in the safety of it's sand spotted mucus cocoon. Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef. Scarus sp The cocoon is made by inflating the mucus coating on the fishes scales

Parrotfish - A male Parrotfish releasing sand from it's gills after eating coral to absorb the algae
VT-8714 Parrotfish - A male Parrotfish releasing sand from it's gills after eating coral to absorb the algae. Great Barrier Reef. Australia. Scarus sp

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

Parrotfish - sleeping in the safety of its sand spotted mucus cocoon. The cocoon is made by inflating the mucus coating
VT-8719 Parrotfish - sleeping in the safety of its sand spotted mucus cocoon Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef. Scarus sp. The cocoon is made by inflating the mucus coating on the fishes scales

Ghost Pipefish - Pretending to be a piece of weed. Milne Bay Papua New Guinea, Indo Pacific PIP-011
VT-8552 Ghost Pipe Fish - Pretending to be a piece of weed. Milne Bay Papua New Guinea, Indo Pacific Solenostomus cyanopterus Valerie & Ron Taylor Please note that prints are for personal display

Red Banded Pipefish - Lives on sponges and corals of a similar colour. Ambon, Indonesia, Indo Pacific PIP-012
VT-8553 Red-Banded Pipe Fish - Lives on sponges and corals of a similar colour. Ambon, Indonesia, Indo Pacific Corythoichthys sp Valerie & Ron Taylor Please note that prints are for personal display

Remoras - A most unusual image where a juvenile remora is has adhered to the back of a mature remora
VT-8650 REMORAS - A most unusual image where a juvenile remora has adhered to the back of a mature remora. This kind of behavour has rarely, if ever, been recorded before

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

Ornate Pipefish - Hiding in soft coral and calcaeous alga. Banda, Banda sea, Indonesia, Indo Pacific PIP-003
VT-8545 Ornate Pipe fish - Hiding in soft coral and calcaeous algae Banda, Banda sea, Indonesia, Indo Pacific Halicampus macrorhynchus Valerie & Ron Taylor Please note that prints are for personal

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

Ghost Pipe fish - Floating like a stick or piece of weed. Ambon, Indonesia, Indo Pacific PIP-008
VT-8549 Ghost Pipe fish - Floating like a stick or piece of weed. Ambon, Indonesia, Indo Pacific Solenostomus cyanopterus Valerie & Ron Taylor Please note that prints are for personal display

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

Schultz's Pipefish - Camouflaged against alga covered wall. China Straight. Papua New Guinea, Indonesia PIP-005
VT-8547 Schultz's Pipefish - Camouflaged against algae covered wall. China Straight. Papua New Guinea, Indonesia Corythoichthys schultzi Valerie & Ron Taylor Please note that prints are for

Ornate Pipefish - Hiding against sponges and Calcareous alga Banda Island, Banda Sea, Indonesia, Indo Pacific PIP-400
VT-8546 Ornate Pipefish - Hiding against sponges and Calcareous algae Banda Island, Banda Sea, Indonesia, Indo Pacific Halicampus macrorhynchus Valerie & Ron Taylor Please note that prints are for

Banded Pipe Fish - Against Sponges Ambon Indonesia, Indo Pacific PIP-002
VT-8544 Banded Pipe Fish - Against Sponges Ambon Indonesia, Indo Pacific Doryrhamphus dactyliophorus Valerie & Ron Taylor Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Ghost Pipefish - Night over black sand. Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea. Indo Pacific PIP-010
VT-8551 Ghost Pipe fish - at night swimming over black sand Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea. Indo Pacific Solenostomus cyanopterus Valerie & Ron Taylor Please note that prints are for personal display

Harlequin Ghost Pipefish - Pregnant females in deep water about to give birth
VT-8548 Harlequin Ghost Pipe fish - Pregnant females in deep water about to give birth. Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea, Indo Pacific Solenostomus paradoxus Valerie & Ron Taylor Please note that prints

Robust Ghost Pipefish - A mated pair pretending to be old ribbon weed. Ambon, Indonesia, Indo Pacific. PIP-009
VT-8550 Robust Ghost Pipefish - A mated pair pretending to be old ribbon weed. Ambon, Indonesia, Indo Pacific. Solenostomus cyanopterus Valerie & Ron Taylor Please note that prints are for personal

Weedy Sea Dragon - Endemic to south eastern Australia. Grows to 45 cm in length. Sydney Harbour, Sydney
VT-8508 Weedy SEADRAGON - Endemic to south eastern Australia Sydney Harbour, Sydney. Australia Phyllopteryx taeniolatus Grows to 45 cm in length

Weedy Sea Dragon - Endemic to the south east coast of Australia. Grows to 45cm Jervis Bay, New South Wales
VT-8509 Weedy SEADRAGON - endemic to the south east coast of Australia Jervis Bay, New South Wales. Australia Phyllopteryx taeniolatus Grows to 45cm Valerie & Ron Taylor Please note that prints are

Potato Cod - Courting Potato Cod change colour when excited. Cormerant Pass, Great Barrier Reef. Coral Sea
VT-8468 Potato COD / Potato Grouper / Bass - courting pair Cormerant Pass, Great Barrier Reef. Epinephelus tukula Potato Cod change colour when excited

Sea Horse - 6 cm sea horse on red sponge. Ambon Harbour, Indonesia HOR-008
VT-8507 Black SEAHORSE - 6 cm seahorse on red sponge Ambon Harbour, Indonesia Hippocampus sp. Possibly Hippocampus kuda / Common Seahorse Valerie & Ron Taylor Please note that prints are for personal

Sea Horse - Many species found in temperate and tropical seas. Northern Great barrier Reef. Australia HOR-003
VT-8504 SEAHORSE Northern Great barrier Reef. Australia Hippocampus sp. Many species are found in temperate and tropical seas

Venus Tusk Fish - A large Wrasse who feeds by digging holes in coral rubble. Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef
VT-8469 Blackspot Tuskfish / Green Wrasse TUSKFISH Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef. Western Pacific Choerodon schoenleinii A large Wrasse who feeds by digging holes in coral rubble

Ringed Pipe fish - hiding in spines of toxic Diadema sea urchin Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea PIP-001
VT-8543 Ringed Pipe fish - hiding in spines of toxic Diadema sea urchin Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea Doryrhamphus dactyliophorus Valerie & Ron Taylor Please note that prints are for personal display

Common Sea Horse - The male carries young in a pouch. Papua New Guinea HOR-004
VT-8505 Common SEAHORSE - male carrying young in pouch Papua New Guinea Hippocampus kuda Valerie & Ron Taylor Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

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