Images tagged "chagos"

Marbled grouper (Dermatolepis inermis).
Racoon butterflyfish (Chaetodon lunula).
Regal angelfish (Pygoplites diacanthus).
Roundhead parrotfish (Chlororus strongycephalus).
Variety of anthias, damsels, and fusiliers.
Cushion Sea Star (Culcita sp.)
Powderblue Surgeonfish (Acanthurus leucosternon).
Yellowback Fusilier (Caesio xanthonota).
Yellowback Fusilier (Caesio xanthonota).
Shortly after spotting a pair of Common Egg Cowries (Ovula ovum) feeding on leather coral we continued to search other leather corals for more cowries. Soon we happened upon a pair of Black-spotted Egg Cowries (Calpurnus verrucosus) which took the opportunity of encountering each other to reproduce.
Juvenile Emperor Angelfish (Pomacanthus imperator).
Moorish Idol (Zanclus cornutus).
Pair of Common Egg Cowries (Ovula ovum) showing black patterned mantle while feeding upon a leather coral.
Small school of Rainbow Runners (Elagatis bipinnulatus) that buzzed us on our safety stop at the end of the dive.
Branching Acropora sp. coral showing evidence of a lot of damage from fish bites.
Large organgish pink gorgonian sea fans show this are is subject to high currents.
Moorish Idol (Zanclus cornutus).

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