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  • 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 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
  • 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
  • A healthy coral reef drops abruptly to thousands of feet at Mount Mutiny, Bligh Water, Fiji, Pacific Ocean
    20121022_fiji_0190.tif
  • Lemon Coralgoby, Gobiodon citrinus, Namena Marine Reserve, Fiji, Pacific Ocean
    20121020_fiji_0057.tif
  • A Freckled Hawkfish, Paracirrhites forsteri, perches on hard coral. Fiji, Pacific Ocean
    20121016_fiji_0014.tif
  • This slender beauty is the Fiji variation of Bicolor Fangblenny, Plagiotremus laudandus flavus. Sailstone Reef, Fiji, Pacific Ocean
    20121024_fiji_0035.tif
  • Lemon Coralgoby, Gobiodon citrinus, Bligh Water, Fiji, Pacific Ocean
    20121020_fiji_0054.tif
  • A pair of Gray Reef Sharks, Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos, patrol in mid-water. Beqa Lagoon, Viti Levu, Fiji, Pacific Ocean
    20121108_fiji_0021.psd
  • 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
  • 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
  • Colorful soft corals, surrounded by Anthias fish. Vatu-i-ra, Bligh Water, Fiji, Pacific Ocean
    20121022_fiji_0093.tif
  • A tiny nudibranch, Cuthona sibogae, feeding on stinging hydroids. Namena Marine Reserve, Blight Water, Fiji, Pacific Ocean
    20121019_fiji_0164.tif
  • A pair of Yellownose Shrimpgobies, Stonogobiops xanthorhinica, hover near their burrow. Fiji, Pacific Ocean
    20181011_Fiji_0007.tif
  • An Elegant Fire Dartfish, Nemateleotris magnifica, hovers over a rubble bottom. Fiji, Pacific Ocean
    20121015_fiji_0065.tif
  • Blacktip Reef Shark, Carcharhinus melanopterus, Beqa Lagoon, Viti Levu, Fiji, Pacific Ocean
    20121109_fiji_0090.tif
  • Sixbar Wrasse, Thalassoma hardwicke. Beqa Lagoon, Viti Levu, Fiji, Pacific Ocean
    20121107_fiji_0044.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
  • Thriving marine life on a current-swept ridge at Vatu-i-ra, Bligh Water, Fiji, Pacific Ocean
    20121022_fiji_0050.tif
  • A perfect example of symbiosis, this Yellownose Shrimpgoby, Stonogobiops xanthorhinica, shares a burrow with a Randall's Shrimp, Alpheus randalli. Fiji, Pacific Ocean
    20121017_fiji_0008.tif
  • Emperor Angelfish, Pomacanthus imperator, with colorful soft corals and gorgonian. Vatu-i-ra, Bligh Water, Fiji, Pacific Ocean
    20121022_fiji_0083.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
  • Healthy hard corals dominate shallow sections of a reef known as Mount Mutiny, Bligh Water, Fiji, Pacific Ocean
    20121022_fiji_0178.tif
  • Vicki Liles observes a trio of Oriental Sweetlips, Plectorhinchus vittatus. Vatu-i-ra, Bligh Water, Fiji, Pacific Ocean
    20121029_fiji_0142.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
  • Healthy hard corals dominate shallow sections of a reef near Vatu-i-ra, Bligh Water, Fiji, Pacific Ocean
    20121022_fiji_0115.tif
  • Bull Shark, Carcharhinus leucas, patrolling a deep reef. Beqa Lagoon, Viti Levu, Fiji, Pacific Ocean
    20121109_fiji_0021.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 steep slope dominated by Dendronepthya soft coral colonies. Vatu-i-ra, Fiji, Pacific Ocean
    20121021_fiji_0247.tif
  • Colorful Soft Corals, Dendonepthya sp., thriving in brisk current. Vatu-i-ra, Bligh Water, Fiji, Pacific Ocean
    20121022_fiji_0093.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
  • 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 Sea Cucumber Swimming Crabs, Lissocarcinus orbicularis, perch upon their sea cucumber host. Fiji, Pacific Ocean
    20121017_fiji_0022.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
  • Squarespot anthias, Pseudanthias pleurotaenia, Koro Sea, Fiji, Pacific Ocean
    Squarespot Anthias 12x18
  • This tiny commensal shrimp, Periclimenes sarasvati, lives among the tentacles of an adhesive sea anemone, Cryptodendrum adhesivum
    20121021_fiji_0277-2.tif
  • 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
  • A pair of vibrant soft corals, Dendronepthya sp., cling to a vertical wall. Mount Mutiny, Bligh Water, Fiji, Pacific Ocean
    20181008_Fiji_0172.tif
  • Bicolor Rabbitfish, Siganus uspi, found only in Fiji and New Caledonia. Bligh Water, Fiji, Pacific Ocean
    20151020_fiji_0058.tif
  • 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
  • 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 Dendronepthya soft corals and various reef fish thrive in brisk currents at Nigali Passage, Gau, Fiji, Pacific Ocean
    20181010_Fiji_0158.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)
  • 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
    bre48CP.tif
  • Notoriously shy, a Spotted Croucher, Caracanthus maculatus, hiding among branches of Pocillopora coral. Fiji, Pacific Ocean
    20181012_Fiji_0043.tif