A group of Highfin Chub (Kyphosus cinerascens) swim by in German Channel, Koror, Repulic of Palau.
Bicolor Anthias pair
This Bicolor Anthias (Pseudanthgias bicolor) pair are pointed towards the surface orienting their bodies to the vertical wall of a submerged pinnicle off Niihau, Hawaii.
Bigeye Emperor shoal
A Bigeye Emperor (Monotaxis grandoculis) shoal including two juveniles off Niihau, Hawaii.
Threespot Chromis
A Sandbar Shark (Carcharhinus plumbeus) and Mackeral Scad (Decapterus macarellus) form a background for ths group of Threespot Chromis (Chromis verater) off Niihau, Hawaii. Photographed while scuba diving using a Nikon D3X camera in a Seacam housing equipped with a Seacam modified Nikonos RS 20-35mm lens and two Retra underwater strobes.
Milletseed butterflyfish pair
A pair of Hawaiian endemic Milletseed Butterflyfish (Chaetodon miliaris) swim along the face of a submerged pinnicle at Vertical Awareness, a dive site off Niihau, Hawaii. Just above them is a juvenile Saddle Wrasse (Thalassoma duperrey) which is also a Hawaiian endemic fish.
Whitesaddle Goatfish
Whitesaddle Goatfish (Parupeneus porphyreus), a Hawaiian endemic fish, schooling off a reef at Maui, Hawaii.
Four predators approach
I looked up towards the surface to see four predators approaching, three Bluefin Trevalley (Caranx melampygus) and one Giant Trevalley a.k.a Ulua (Ulua aukea), while scuba diving off the backwall (at bottom of image) of Molokini Crater, off Maui, Hawaii.
Blue-eye Damselfish (Plectroglyphiododon johnsonianus)
A pair of Blue-eye Damselfish (Plectroglyphiododon johnsonianus) next to a Molokini Crater reef near Maui, Hawaii.
Brick and Bigscale soldierfishes
Brick and Bigscale soldierfishes aggregated (Myripristiis amaena and M. berndti) under a ledge at Molokini Crater, Maui, Hawaii.
Schooling Pearly Soldierfish
Pearly Soldierfish (Myripristis kuntee) schooling near a reef just offshore of Maui, Hawaii, USA.
Bluestripe Snappers
Dense school of Bluestripe Snappers (Lutjanus kasmira) at a Maui, Hawaii, USA. This is a non-native fish species. It was deliberately introduced to Hawaii in the 1950s as a food fish but now considerd to be an invasive species.
Hawaiian Sergeant
Hawaiian Sergeant (Abudeduf abdomalis) is a Hawaiian endemic fish species. This group was photographed underwater while scubaa diving the backwall of Molokini Crater, offshore of Maui, Hawaii, USA.
Pennant Butterfyfish
I Looked up to observe Pennant Butterfyfish (Heniochus diphreutes) feeding on zooplankton with surf forming the background off the backwall of Molokini Crater near Maui Island, Hawaii.
Bigscale and Epaulette soldierfish in and near a crevice
Bigscale and Epaulette soldierfish (Myripristis berndti and kuntee) and a few other fish cluster in and near a crevice under a submgered sponge and coraline algae encrusted lava boulder off Molokini Crater near Maui, Hawaii, USA.
Eyestripe Surgeonfish (Acanthurus dussumieri)
A group of Eyestripe Surgeonfish (Acanthurus dussumieri) feeding near a reef on the Kona coast, Hawaii.
Orangeband Surgeonfish
Orangeband Surgeonfish (Acanthurus olivaceus) feeding cooperatively on turf algae.
Taking aim
A male Bullethead Parrot (Chlororus sordidus) fish takes aim before biting into turf algae growing substrate while a juvenile Orangeband Surgeonfish (Acanthurus olivaceus) looks on.
Blacklip Butterflyfish
A group of Blacklip Butterflyfish (Chaetodon kleinii) cruising the Kona coast, Hawaii.
Agile Chromis schooling over Finger Coral
Agile Chromis (Chromis agilis) schooling over Finger Coral (Porites compressa). This underwater photograph was taken near the Captain Cook Memorial located in South Kona, the Big Island, Hawaii, USA.
Agile Chromis (Chromis agilis) schooling over Finger Coral (Porites compressa).
Racoon Butterflyfish pair
Racoon Butterflyfish (Chaetodon lunula) pair foraging near a lava rock reef encrusted with life at Kona, Hawaii.
Hawaiian Garden Eels
Hawaiian Garden Eels (Gorgasia hawaiienesis), an endemic fish species off the Big Island, Hawaii.
