Great Barrier Reef Album

Cardinalfish on Great Barrier Reef
Cardinalfish on the Great Barrier Reef
Yellowfin Goatfish and and Bluestripe Snappers swim within Acropora coral.
Diver (Anderson Mayfield) swims over Staghorn (Acropora) coral.
Soft Corals of Ribbon Reefs
Soft Corals of Ribbon Reefs
Soft Corals of Ribbon Reefs
Soft Corals of Ribbon Reefs
Soft Corals of Ribbon Reefs
Soft Corals of Ribbon Reefs
Clark\'s Anemonefish (Amphiprion clarkii) with its host Sticky Anemone (Stichodactyla sp.).
Top of coral bommie in the lagoon covered with branching and table Acorpora corals.
Detail of the
Large colony of Goniopora coral notable for having its long extended polyps out during the daytime.
Reef scene with large brain coral (Platygyra sp.) and smaller Acorpora and Pocillopora corals (Tridacna clam in foreground).
Top of coral bommie in the lagoon covered with branching and table Acorpora corals.
Large bulbous solitart tunicate (Polycarpa autata).
Large thicket of Acopora coral on the reef.
Mushroom (Fungus) Coral, a large solitary polyp that is unattached to the substrate and mobile.
Orange cryptic seafan (Siphonogorgia sp.) in the underhang of a reef.
Pink crustose coralline algae (CCA) provides excellent substrate for coral recruits.
School of Spotted Unicornfish (Naso brevirostris) cruise by a wall on the reef.
Scissortail Sergeant (Abudef sexfasciatus) damselfishes living among the Goniopora coral.
Smooth Giant Clam (Tridacna derasa).
School of Bumphead Parrotfish (Bolbometopon muricatum) under the breaking surf on the reef crest.
The other boat came upon this dolphin pod during their research.
Olive Sea Snake (Aipysurus laevis) have flattened bodies and tails which allow them to swim effortlessly underwater.
Olive Sea Snake (Aipysurus laevis) hunting for small fishes on the reef.
Spaghetti Worm (Loimia medusa) extends its sticky tentacles from it crevice home to search for organic matter to eat.
A small (1 meter) Whitetip Reef Shark (Triaenodon obesus) cruises over the shallow top of a coral bommie.
Reef crest with smaller acroporid corals and splashes of bright red from an encrusting sponge.
Colorful flatworm (Pseudobiceros sp.) crawling over Porites coralhead.
Giant Moray (Gymnothorax javanicus) peeks out from under a tabletop Acropora coral.
Humbug Dascyllus (Dascyllus aruanus) hiding in an acroporid coral.
Feather Star or Crinoid (Comantheris sp.) perches on a small coral where it extends it many arms to feed on plankton.
Juvenile Blackbar Damselfish (Plectroglyphidodon dickii) in acroporid coral.
Pacific Half-and-half Chromis (Chromis iomelas) in acroporid coral.
School of Bumphead Parrotfish (Bolbometopon muricatum) passes over the reef and heads down a sloping dropoff.
Tiny nudibranch (likely Flabellina exoptata).
Baramundi (Cromileptes altivelis) hiding under an overhang.

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