Under Water Collection (page 100)

Coral Reef Red Sea, Ras Mohammed
Scuba Divers pass by a coral reef photographed at Ras Mohammed National Park, Red Sea, Sinai, Egypt

Table coral on a reef
Coral reef. Variety of corals growing on a reef. These include table coral (Acropora sp.), porites sp. and brain coral (family Faviidae). Photographed off Rinca island, Komodo National Park, Indonesia

Striped Catfish
Striped eel catfish. Shoal of striped catfish (Plotosus lineatus). These fish inhabit the tropical waters of the Indo-Pacific region

French submarine Gymnote, 19th century
French submarine Gymnote. The lower part of the artwork shows this early submarine in profile, but it is not drawn to scale with the above-water scene

Crested penguin catching prey, artwork
Crested penguin diving to catch its prey, artwork. The crested penguins (Eudyptes) can be distinguished from other penguins by the tufted crests on their heads

Yellow chromis on table coral
Yellow chromis (Chromis analis, lower centre) at rest on table coral (Acropora sp.). Photographed in Indonesia

Asiatic glassfish. Transparent fish swimming in water and seen from the side and front. There are several species of the Asiatic glassfish family (Ambassidae) which are transparent

Dusky batfish and scuba diver
dusky batfish (Platax pinnatus). This fish, also called the red-faced batfish, inhabits reefs in the tropical Indo-Pacific region, from the Red Sea to the Pacific islands

Banggai cardinalfish (Pterapogon kauderni) seeking shelter near an anemone. Photographed in the Lembeh Strait, Sulawesi, Indonesia

dusky batfish (Platax pinnatus). This fish, also called the red-faced batfish, inhabits reefs in the tropical Indo-Pacific region, from the Red Sea to the Pacific islands

Yellowtail butterflyfish on a reef
Yellowtail butterflyfish (Chaetodon xanthurus) on a reef. Photographed in Bunaken National Park, Sulawesi, Indonesia

Red lionfish hunting over a reef
Red lionfish hunting cardinalfish (family Apogonidae) on a reef. Red lionfish (Pterois volitans) are highly venomous predatory marine fish

Divers at a shipwreck Ras Mohammed
Divers at a shipwreck at Ras Mohammed National Park, Red Sea, Sinai, Egypt

Yellow chromis on leather coral
Yellow chromis (Chromis analis) at rest on leather coral covered in Acoelomorph flatworms (Wamino sp. red). Photographed in Indonesia

Philippines chromis (Chromis scotochiloptera) in a barrel sponge. Photographed off Rinca island, Komodo National Park, Indonesia

Trieste bathyscape, artwork
Trieste bathyscape. Artwork of the bathyscape Trieste, a deep-sea submersible that was used to descend to the deepest known part of the Earths oceans

Common cuttlefish Sepiida
Common cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis) A cuttlefish is a carnivorous marine mollusc. It lives on the seabed and feeds at night on other small molluscs, as well as crustaceans and sometimes fish

Anthias swimming over a reef
Anthias (Pseudanthias sp.) swimming over a reef. Photographed in Indonesia

Bladderwort in a lake. The bladderworts (Utricularia) are carnivorous plants. The underwater bladders trap small aquatic animals, such as water fleas or even small fish fry and tadpoles

Tectonic plate boundaries, artwork
Tectonic plate boundaries. Artwork showing two types of boundary associated with the formation and destruction of an oceanic section of a tectonic plate

Cardinal fish and pygmy sweepers

Allied cowrie (Ovula ovum) on the sea bed. Cowries are sea snails that cover their shell with a mantle, which is coloured and textured to match the host organism

Yellow-ribbon sweetlips (Plectorhinchus polytaenia, centre) and other fish on a coral reef. Photographed off Rinca island, Komodo National Park, Indonesia

Futuristic submarine 19th Century artwork
Futuristic submarine. 19th Century artwork of a submarine underwater in 2073. Image from La Science Illustree Louis Figuier (1895)

Blue-spotted stingray (Taeniura lymma) head. The eyes are the raised bumps, and the mouth is on the underside of the head region of this flattened body

Whitemouth moray eel (Gymnothorax meleagris) hiding in a reef. Moray eels are found in many tropical and temperate seas around the world. Photographed off Komodo, Indonesia

Brown jellyfish (Chrysaora melanaster). This jellyfish can grow up to 30 centimetres across and has a powerful sting. Photographed at Vancouver Aquarium, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Semicircle angelfish (Pomacanthus semicirculatus) feeding on a sponge on a reef wall. Photographed in the Pacific Ocean, off the coast of Rinca, Indonesia

Three-band anemonefish (Amphriprion tricinctus) in a breeding farm. This fish is a type of clownfish. Clownfish are immune to the stings of anemones, enabling them to live within their tentacles

Yellowstriped fairy basslets
Yellowstriped fairy basslet (Pseudanthias tuka) fish. Photographed in the Pacific Ocean, off the coast of Papua New Guinea, Indonesia

Antarctic iceberg, split view
Antarctic iceberg. Split view, above and below water, photograph of an iceberg near Pleneau island in the Antarctic peninsula

Short-beaked common dolphins (Delphinus delphis)

Veined octopus and corals. Veined octopus (Octopus marginatus) walking over a sea bed dotted with solitary corals (Heterocyathus aequicostatus)

Fluted giant clam (Tridacna squamosa). The fluted giant clam is one of a number of large clam species native to the shallow coral reefs of the South Pacific and Indian oceans

Convict blennies. Adult convict blenny (Pholidichthys leucotaenia) fish excavating a burrow where it lives and where the juveniles (top left and right) shelter during the night

Humphead wrasse and rusty parrotfish
Humphead wrasse (Cheilinus undulatus, dark, centre) and rusty parrotfish (Scarus ferrugineus, right) feeding in the sand. Both of these are reef fish mainly found in the Indo-Pacific region

Spotted eagle ray digging in the sand
Spotted eagle ray (Aetobatus narinari) digging in the sandy seabed. Photographed in the Red Sea off the coast of Eilat, Israel

Common lionfish. The common lionfish (Pterois miles) is a highly venomous predatory marine fish. Its long dorsal spines are laced with a dangerous toxin and are normally used for defence

Radial lionfish. The radial lionfish (Pterois radiata) is a highly venomous predatory marine fish. Its long dorsal spines are laced with a dangerous toxin and are normally used for defence

Spotted eagle ray (Aetobatus narinari). Photographed in the Red Sea off the coast of Eilat, Israel

Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops sp.). Photographed in the Red Sea, Eilat, Israel

Basking sharks
Basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus). This filter feeding shark can grow up to eight metres long, making it the worlds second largest shark (after the whale shark)

Ink-spot sea squirts and featherstar
Ink-spot sea squirts (Polycarpa aurata, purple and yellow) and featherstar on a reef. Sea squirts, or tunicates, are sessile barrel-shaped animals that feed by filtering plankton from the water

Lyretail anthias and coral
Lyretail anthias. Female lyretail anthias, or goldies, (Pseudanthias squamipinnis) with fire coral. Photographed in the Red Sea, Egypt

Allied cowrie on a sea fan. Allied cowries (Ovula ovum) are sea snails that cover their shell with a mantle, which is coloured and textured to match the host organism

Alien anemone, artwork
Alien anemone. Computer artwork of a bioluminescent anemone-like alien creature

Kasi Maru shipwreck and coral. Corals growing on the Kasi Maru wreck. This is a Japanese merchant ship that was sunk off New Georgia island in Ironbottom Sound, Solomon Islands

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