Solomon Islands Album

Porites lobata coral with many different species of fish.
M/Y Golden Shadow near Marovo Lagoon.
Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas).
Fellow Anderson Mayfield checking out beautiful orange gorgonian.
Chief Scientist Andrew Bruckner surveying corals.
Scientists ascending from a dive.
Orange sea whip.
Orange gorgonian.
Orange gorgonian.
Scientists ascending from a scuba dive.
Scientist Renee Carlton conducting ocean acidification research.
Interesting growth pattern of Acropora coral.
Interesting growth pattern of Acropora coral.
Family of pink anemonefish (Amphiprion perideraion) living in anemone.
Each one of these corals is an individual coral polyp known as fungid coral.
Day octopus (Octopus cyanea) changes its colors to try and camouflage with the background.
Day octopus (Octopus cyanea) crawling around the reef.
Acropora table coral.
Shoal of bigfin reef squid (Sepioteuthis lessoniana).
Scorpaenopsis spp.
Sea whips (red) are a type of soft coral.
Mosaic of Crustose Coralline Algae (CCA).
Large gorgonian sea fan.
Gorgeous soft coral.
Close-up photo of a soft coral colony.
Garden of gorgonians, soft corals, and crinoids.
Warty sea stars (Echinaster callosus) are named after the large round bumps that cover their arms.
Warty sea star (Echinaster callosus).
Gorgonian sea fan with winged oyster.
Zebra dartfish (Ptereleotris zebra) aggregating on bottom.
Cuming’s sea star (Neoferdina cumingi).
Black-axil chromis (Chromis atripectoralis) and reticulated dascyllus hanging out above coral thicket.
A beautiful close-up view of the mantle (tissue) of a giant clam.
Junvenile pinnate spadefish (Platax pinnatus).
Fishing net left behind.
It was a good start to our day waking up to a double rainbow near Malakobi Island.
Unidentified sea star.
Chubs and snapper swimming around a coral bommie.
Xenia soft coral.
Pair of reef lizardfish (Synodus variegatus).

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