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Fiji

48 images Created 5 Mar 2013

Often referred to as “The Soft Coral Capital Of The World”, Fiji is among my very favorite dive destinations, offering some of the healthiest and most colorful coral reefs on the planet, exciting shark dives, great biodiversity, and famously friendly island culture.
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  • Pickhandle Barracuda, Sphyraena jello, opens wide to be serviced by Bluestreak Cleaner Wrasses, Labroides dimidiatus, Namena Marine Reserve, Fiji, Pacific Ocean
    20151022_fiji_0100.tif
  • Colorful soft corals, surrounded by Anthias fish. Vatu-i-ra, Bligh Water, Fiji, Pacific Ocean
    20121022_fiji_0093.tif
  • A school of Scalefin Anthias, Pseudanthias squamipinnis, hover in brisk current among branches of a Tubastraea Coral tree. Vatu-I-Ra, Bligh Water, Fiji, Pacific Ocean
    Reef Splendor 24 x 30 (4x5 ratio)
  • Typically brilliant reef scenery for Fiji, Dendronepthya and Chironepthya soft corals and gorgonians perch on a steep slope.  Vatu-i-ra, Koro Sea, Fiji, Pacific Ocean
    20181013_Fiji_0120.tif
  • Notoriously shy, a Spotted Croucher, Caracanthus maculatus, hiding among branches of Pocillopora coral. Fiji, Pacific Ocean
    20181012_Fiji_0043.tif
  • This wary beauty, a Flame Hawkfish, Neocirrhitus armatus, rarely emerges from its hiding place among coral branches. Namena Marine Reserve, Fiji, Pacific Ocean
    20181011_Fiji_0094.tif
  • A pair of vibrant soft corals, Dendronepthya sp., cling to a vertical wall. Mount Mutiny, Bligh Water, Fiji, Pacific Ocean
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  • Colorful Dendronepthya soft corals and various reef fish thrive in brisk currents at Nigali Passage, Gau, Fiji, Pacific Ocean
    20181010_Fiji_0158.tif
  • A pair of Yellownose Shrimpgobies, Stonogobiops xanthorhinica, hover near their burrow. Fiji, Pacific Ocean
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  • A large stand of Cabbage Coral, Turbinaria reniformis, thrives in the shallows of Nagali Passage, Gau, Fiji, Pacific Ocean
    20181010_Fiji_0206.tif
  • Colorful Chironepthya soft coral cover Rainbow Wall at Mount Mutiny, Bligh Water, Fiji, Pacifc Ocean
    20151019_fiji_0008.tif
  • Hawk Anthias, Serranocirrhitus latus, Bligh Water, Fiji, Pacific Ocean
    20151019_fiji_0041.tif
  • Bicolor Rabbitfish, Siganus uspi, found only in Fiji and New Caledonia. Bligh Water, Fiji, Pacific Ocean
    20151020_fiji_0058.tif
  • A perfect example of symbiosis, this Yellownose Shrimpgoby, Stonogobiops xanthorhinica, shares a burrow with a Randall's Shrimp, Alpheus randalli. Fiji, Pacific Ocean
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  • Emperor Angelfish, Pomacanthus imperator, with colorful soft corals and gorgonian. Vatu-i-ra, Bligh Water, Fiji, Pacific Ocean
    20121022_fiji_0083.tif
  • A blue-spotted coral grouper hovers among vibrant soft corals and schooling anthias fish, typical scenery at Fiji's Vatu-I-Ra region. Fiji, Pacific Ocean
    20121022_fiji_0032.tif
  • Sixbar Wrasse, Thalassoma hardwicke. Beqa Lagoon, Viti Levu, Fiji, Pacific Ocean
    20121107_fiji_0044.tif
  • A trio of Oriental Sweetlips, Plectorhinchus vittatus, hover near a gorgonian coral, surrounded by anthias fish. Vatu-i-ra, Bligh Water, Fiji, Pacific Ocean
    20121031_fiji_0055.tif
  • A healthy coral reef drops abruptly to thousands of feet at Mount Mutiny, Bligh Water, Fiji, Pacific Ocean
    20121022_fiji_0190.tif
  • This slender beauty is the Fiji variation of Bicolor Fangblenny, Plagiotremus laudandus flavus. Sailstone Reef, Fiji, Pacific Ocean
    20121024_fiji_0035.tif
  • Colorful Soft Corals, Dendonepthya sp., thriving in brisk current. Vatu-i-ra, Bligh Water, Fiji, Pacific Ocean
    20121022_fiji_0093.tif
  • Healthy hard corals dominate shallow sections of a reef near Vatu-i-ra, Bligh Water, Fiji, Pacific Ocean
    20121022_fiji_0115.tif
  • Healthy hard corals dominate shallow sections of a reef known as Mount Mutiny, Bligh Water, Fiji, Pacific Ocean
    20121022_fiji_0178.tif
  • This tiny commensal shrimp, Periclimenes sarasvati, lives among the tentacles of an adhesive sea anemone, Cryptodendrum adhesivum
    20121021_fiji_0277-2.tif
  • Thriving marine life on a current-swept ridge at Vatu-i-ra, Bligh Water, Fiji, Pacific Ocean
    20121022_fiji_0050.tif
  • Known only from Fiji, Marjorie's Wrasse, Cirrhilabrus marjorie, inhabits deep rubble areas. This one is a male, which, typical of wrasses, is more colorful than the female. Sailstone Reef, Viti Levu, Fiji, Pacific Ocean
    20121026_fiji_0008.tif
  • Crescent Wrasse, Thalassoma lunare, and Golden Damselfish, Stegastes aureus, surrounded by vibrant soft corals. Vatu-i-ra, Bligh Water, Fiji, Pacific Ocean
    20121030_fiji_0056.tif
  • More comfortable out of the water than submerged, a Barred Mudskipper, Periophthalmus argentilineatus, perches on a rocky shoreline. Viti Levu, Fiji, Pacific Ocean
    20121029_fijiTS_0093.tif
  • Diver Chris Liles swims above healthy hard corals. Sandstone Reef, Bligh Water, Viti Levu, Fiji, Pacific Ocean
    20121029_fiji_0406.tif
  • A diver explores a crevice covered with healthy gorgonians and soft corals. Sailstone Reef, Bligh Water, Viti Levu, Fiji, Pacific Ocean
    20121029_fiji_0312.tif
  • Vicki Liles observes a trio of Oriental Sweetlips, Plectorhinchus vittatus. Vatu-i-ra, Bligh Water, Fiji, Pacific Ocean
    20121029_fiji_0142.tif
  • Chris and Vicki Liles  explore among vibrantly colored soft corals.  Vatu-i-ra, Bligh Water, Fiji, Pacific Ocean
    20121029_fiji_0180.tif
  • Thriving marine life on a current-swept reef at Vatu-i-ra, Bligh Water, Fiji, Pacific Ocean
    20121021_fiji_0067.tif
  • A pair of Orange-spotted Glassy Bubble Snails, Haminoea cymbalum, crawl on a rubble bottom. Namena Marine Reserve, Fiji, Pacific Ocean
    20121019_fiji_0137.tif
  • Lemon Coralgoby, Gobiodon citrinus, Namena Marine Reserve, Fiji, Pacific Ocean
    20121020_fiji_0057.tif
  • Lemon Coralgoby, Gobiodon citrinus, Bligh Water, Fiji, Pacific Ocean
    20121020_fiji_0054.tif
  • A pair of Sea Cucumber Swimming Crabs, Lissocarcinus orbicularis, perch upon their sea cucumber host. Fiji, Pacific Ocean
    20121017_fiji_0022.tif
  • A diver explores a steep slope dominated by Dendronepthya soft coral colonies. Vatu-i-ra, Fiji, Pacific Ocean
    20121021_fiji_0247.tif
  • A pair of Gray Reef Sharks, Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos, patrol in mid-water. Beqa Lagoon, Viti Levu, Fiji, Pacific Ocean
    20121108_fiji_0021.psd
  • An Elegant Fire Dartfish, Nemateleotris magnifica, hovers over a rubble bottom. Fiji, Pacific Ocean
    20121015_fiji_0065.tif
  • A Freckled Hawkfish, Paracirrhites forsteri, perches on hard coral. Fiji, Pacific Ocean
    20121016_fiji_0014.tif
  • Blackspot Angelfish, Genicanthus melanospilos, Koro Sea, Fiji, Pacific Ocean
    20121016_fiji_0071.tif
  • Blacktip Reef Sharks, Carcharhinus melanopterus, patrol over shallow reef. Beqa Lagoon, Viti Levu, Fiji, Pacific Ocean
    20121108_fiji_0061.tif
  • A large Bull Shark, Carcharhinus leucas, clamps down on a tuna head during a shark attraction dive. Beqa Lagoon, Viti Levu, Fiji, Pacific Ocean
    20121105_fiji_0012.tif
  • Blacktip Reef Shark, Carcharhinus melanopterus, Beqa Lagoon, Viti Levu, Fiji, Pacific Ocean
    20121109_fiji_0090.tif
  • Bull Shark, Carcharhinus leucas, patrolling a deep reef. Beqa Lagoon, Viti Levu, Fiji, Pacific Ocean
    20121109_fiji_0021.tif
  • A pair of Whitetip Reef Sharks, Triaenodon obesus, patrol over a shallow reef. Shark Reef, Beqa Lagoon, Viti Levu, Fiji, Pacific Ocean
    20121102_fiji_0031.tif
  • This dragon-like beast is a Ribbon Eel, Rhinomuraena quaesita.  As the oversize flared nostrils imply, ribbon eels depend largely on their sense of smell to locate prey.  Namena Marine Reserve, Fiji, Pacific Ocean
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