Images tagged "chagos"

View above and below the water line at the end of a morning survey dive off South Brother Island along the western edge of the Great Chagos Bank.
Polarized school of Golden Sweeper (Parapriacanthus ransonneti).
Powderblue Surgeonfish (Acanthurus leucosternon).
Two-band Anemonefish (Amphiprion bicinctus) swims among the various anemones in this cluster.
Giant Spider Conch (Lambis truncata) stares out from within its shell.
Blacktail Reef Shark (Carcharhinus wheeleri) considered by some scientists to be the same as the Grey Reef Shark (Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos) but has a white-tipped dorsal fin (among other differences).
Cluster of 13 Magnificent Anemones (Heteractis magnifica) with only a single pair of anemonefish claiming the lot.
Looking up at the clouds through the glassy calm surface of the water during a 15 ft. safety stop at the end of a survey dive.
Checkerboard wrasse (Halichoeres hortulanus) eating a small crab it just pulled from the rubble.
Devil Scorpionfish (Scorpaenopsis diabolus) blends in amazingly well with the pink Crustose Coraline Algae.
Moorish Idol (Zanclus cornutus).
Two-band Anemonefish (Amphiprion bicinctus) in an Adhesive Anemone (Cryptodendrum adhaesivum).
A group of several Lesser Noddies (Anous tenuirostris) are joined by another.
A Lesser Noddy (Anous tenuirostris) caught mid-flap while returning to its nesting area.
School of Yellowmask Surgeonfish (Acanthurus mata) with one pale individual which turned dark a moment after this photo.
Anderson Mayfield during a safety stop at the end of a dive under the ceiling of a glassy calm sea.
The tiny Willey\'s Halgerda nudibranch (Halgerda willeyi) are regularly seen in the Chagos Archipelago.
Area of the beach covered by shell hash and tumbled pieces of coral skeleton.
Boobies soaring overhead.
Brown Booby (Sula leucogaster) silhouette as it flies overhead and into the sun.

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