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Endangered sea turtle cruises a coral reef in the Florida Keys. |
Atlantic Ocean, Florida Keys. |
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Sharks are a valuable fishery for their fins, a delicacy in the Orient. |
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Ocean sunfish floats serenely in midwater. Mola mola. |
Tropical Atlantic Ocean, Florida. |
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School of myctophid midwater fish are important prey for game fish. |
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Bass photographed by ROV in Lake Malawi, Africa. |
Africa, Lake Malawi. |
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Salmon spawning in a northwest U.S. hatchery. |
Northwest U.S., Washington. |
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Cunner inhabit a rocky reefs in New England. |
Atlantic Ocean, coastal New England. |
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School of northern anchovies make great sardines. Engraulis mordax. |
Pacific Ocean. |
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Northern anchovies are important prey for marine mammals and game fish |
Pacific Ocean. |
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School of yellow fin tuna, hunted and hunter along the Gulf Stream. Thunnus albacares. |
Atlantic Ocean, Gulf Stream. |
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Amberjack are a common sight on Carolina artificial reefs. Seriola dumerili. |
Temperate Atlantic Ocean, North Carolina. |
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Small gobie scavenges on remains of a tiny clam. |
Pacific Ocean, Coastal California. |
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French angelfish are common on shallow tropical reefs. Pomacanthus paru. |
Tropical Atlantic Ocean. 1984 August |
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Purple reef fish use corals for refuge from larger predators. Chromis cyaneus. |
Caribbean Sea, Florida Keys. |
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Tilefish live in burrows, sometimes forming undersea Pueblo villages. Lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps. |
Atlantic Ocean, Veatch Canyon. |
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Goosefish laying camoflaged on a northern rocky reef. Lophius americanus. |
North Atlantic Ocean, Georges Bank. |
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Yellow-headed wrasse hover over brain coral. Halichoeres garnoti. |
Caribbean Sea, St. Croix, US Virgin Islands. 1983 July |
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Brain corals are an important reef building species throughout the tropics. Diploria sp. |
Caribbean Sea, St. Croix, US Virgin Islands. 1983 July |
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Bank sea bass pick through the rubble near temperate reefs. Centropristis sp. |
Temperate Atlantic Ocean, coastal Carolinas. 1989 August |
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Rock fish blends in with soft coral cover. |
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Rat-tail, also known as a grenadier. These bony fish inhabit sandy plains along the continental slope. Grenadier belong to the family Macrouridae and are gadiformes (cod-like fishes). |
Temperate Atlantic Ocean, Hatteras Slope. 1991 August |
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Balloonfish deflated and resting. Diodon holocanthus. |
Tropical Atlantic Ocean, Florida Keys. 1991 June |
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Manta ray rises from the sand at the base of a Carolina reef. |
Temperate Atlantic Ocean, coastal Carolinas. |
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Northern tilefish inspects its deep sea burrow off New England. Lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps. |
Atlantic Ocean, slope off New Jersey. 1974 May |
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Nassau grouper ambushes its prey on Caribbean coral reefs. Epinephelus striatus. |
Tropical Atlantic Ocean, Bahamas. |
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Blackbar soldierfish huddle within a coral reef nook. Myripristus jacobus. |
Tropical Atlantic Ocean, Bahamas. |
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Yelloweye rockfish, Sebastes ruberrimus, is a species in a common genus of Pacific rockfish. |
Pacific Ocean, Alaska. |
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Lingcod, Ophiodon elongatus, are an important commercial and recreational fish species. |
Temperate Pacific Ocean, Alaska. 1994 May |
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Wolf-eels, Anarrhichthys ocellatus, have powerful jaws for crushing bivalves. |
Temperate Pacific Ocean, Alaska. 1994 May |
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Bat-fish, wearing too much make-up, poses to intimidate. Ogcocephalus parvus. |
Sub-tropical Atlantic Ocean, coastal Carolinas. |
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Scorpionfish's ugly visage allows it to hide in northern seaweed beds. Scorpaena plumieri. |
Temperate Atlantic Ocean, offshore Massachusetts. 1976 May |
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Diver observes French angelfish. Pomacanthus paru. |
Caribbean Sea, St. Croix, US Virgin Islands. |
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Gag is the most common grouper in the southeast U.S. Mycteroperca microlepis. |
Sub-tropical Atlantic Ocean, coastal Carolinas. 1991 August |
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Spotted moray eel slithers among the reef growth. Gymnothorax moringa. |
Tropical Atlantic Ocean, Florida Keys. |
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Spotted eagle ray soars over Florida Keys reefs. Aetobatus sp. |
Tropical Atlantic Ocean, Florida Keys. |
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Green moray eel caught in a fish trap eats the other inmates. Gymnothorax sp. |
Gulf of Mexico. |
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Nassau grouper eyeing its next meal. Epinephelus striatus. |
Tropical Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea. |
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Jackknife-fish's coloration makes it stand out to potential mates. Equetus lanceolatus. |
Tropical Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea. |
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Garibaldis are common in California kelp-beds. Hypsypops rubicundus. |
Temperate Pacific Ocean, coastal California. |
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Seahorse fathers rear their young in a pouch, like kangaroos. Hippocampus erectus. |
Atlantic Ocean. |
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Juvenile codfish caught in a gill net. Gadus morhua. |
Boreal Atlantic Ocean, offshore New England. |
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A spotted goosefish on basalt boulder in 780 meters off Hawaii |
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Vase sponge and squirrel fish off NURC station in Bahamas |
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Jellyfish may be the most common ocean animal, but are hard to catch in nets. |
Temperate Atlantic Ocean, offshore Cape Hatteras. 1992 August |
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Ctenophore or comb jellyfish feeding. |
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Ctenophore off New England with long ciliated tentacles. |
Boreal Atlantic Ocean, southern New England. 1984 August |
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Lobate ctenophores are translucent and give off a bioluminescent glow. Bolinopsis infundibulum. |
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Physonect siphonophores are actually colonies of specialized polyps. |
Boreal Atlantic Ocean, Oceanographer Canyon. |
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Siphonophores are floating cousins to hydroids common on rocks and piers. |
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