Alex Mustard / School of Oriental sweetlips (Plectorhinchus vittatus) gather tightly together as they rest during the day, with a Clown triggerfish (Balistoides conspicillum) and Midnight snappers (Macolor macularis...
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Tui De Roy / Strawberry land hermit crab (Coenobita perlatus). On white coral sand beach, Small unhinhabited coral islet in Raa Atoll lagoon, Maldives
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Alex Mustard / Reef manta (Mobula alfredi) visiting a cleaning station on a coral reef with a school of Onespot snappers (Lutjanus monostigma), Oriental sweetlips (Plectorhinchus vittatus) and Sabre squirrelfish (Sa...
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Alex Mustard / RF - Portrait of Coral hermit crab (Paguritta harmsi) living in a hard coral colony. North Male Atoll, Maldives. Indian Ocean (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free.)
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Alex Mustard / RF - A school of Crescent-tail bigeye (Priacanthus hamrur) on a coral reef. North Male Atoll, Maldives. Indian Ocean (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free.)
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Alex Mustard / Tawny nurse sharks (Nebris ferrungineus) at night. Vavuu Atoll, Maldives. Indian Ocean
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Alex Mustard / Midnight snapper (Macolor macularis) shelters in a cavern on a coral reef with white soft corals (Scleronephthya sp.) and solderfish. Vavuu Atoll, Maldives. Indian Ocean
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Alex Mustard / School of White collar butterflyfish (Chaetodon collare) pack together above a coral reef. North Male Atoll, Maldives. Indian Ocean
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Alex Mustard / Bengal snapper (Lutjanus bengalensis), Bannerfish (Heniochus diphreutes) and Fusiliers (Caesio sp.) diving towards coral reef to avoid predators. North Ari Atoll, Maldives. Indian Ocean.
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Alex Mustard / Oriental sweetlips (Plectorhinchus vittatus) pair. South Ari Atoll, Madlives. Indian Ocean.
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Alex Mustard / Tawny nurse shark (Nebrius ferrugineus) group, individuals circling each other at dusk. Vavuu Atoll, Maldives. Indian Ocean.
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Alex Mustard / RF - Bannerfish (Heniochus diphreutes) schooling in coral reef. Long exposure. North Male Atoll, Maldives. Indian Ocean. (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free.)
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Jordi Chias / Spotted eagle ray (Aetobatus narinari) school, Kagi kandhu, ;North Male Atoll, Maldives, Indian Ocean.
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Jordi Chias / Blue spotted trevally (Caranx bucculentus) hunting small fish in the reef, South Ari Atoll, Maldives, Indian Ocean.
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Jordi Chias / Round ribbontail ray (Taeniura meyeni) South Ari Atoll, Maldives. Indian Ocean.
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Jordi Chias / Oriental sweetlips (Plectorhinchus vittatus) South Ari Atoll, Maldives, Indian Ocean.
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Jordi Chias / Hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) feeding on coral, South Ari Atoll, Maldives Islands, Indian ocean.
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Alex Mustard / Wave breaking over the rubble zone close to the reef crest of a coral reef. Baa Atoll, Maldives. Indian Ocean.
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Alex Mustard / Maldive anemonefish (Amphiprion nigripes) shoal swimming in the current flowing over a Magnificent sea anemone (Heteractis magnifica). Baa Atoll, Maldives. Indian Ocean.
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Alex Mustard / Maldivian anemonefish (Amphiprion nigripes) shelters against a closed magnificent sea anemone (Heteractis magnifica). Male Atoll, Maldives. Indian Ocean.
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Pascal Kobeh / Giant clam (Tridacna) on 'Lotus' artificial reef, built in 2001 with a steel frame using mild electric currents to encourage coral growth, with diver in the background. Vabbinfaru Island in North Male...
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Pascal Kobeh / 'Lotus', an artificial reef built in 2001 with a steel frame with a mild electrical current which encourages the growth of coral, Ihuru Island, North Male Atoll, Maldives, Indian Ocean. Small reprodu...
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Michael Pitts / Tracking shot over bleached Table coral (Acropora), Maldives, Indian Ocean.
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Michael Pitts / Giant manta ray (Manta birostris) swimming over a cleaning station, Maldives, Indian Ocean.
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Michael Pitts / Fan coral (Gorgonacea), Maldives, Indian Ocean.
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Michael Pitts / Tracking shot over the bow of a sunken shipwreck, Maldives, Indian Ocean.
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Michael Pitts / Maldives clownfish (Amphiprion nigripes) chasing juveniles, with anemones (Actiniaria) in the background, Maldives, Indian Ocean.
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Michael Pitts / Green turtle (Chelonia mydas) swimming over a reef, Maldives, Indian Ocean.
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Michael Pitts / Schooling bannerfish (Heniochus diphreutes), Maldives, Indian Ocean.
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Michael Pitts / Anemones (Actiniaria) with Maldives anemonefish (Amphiprion nigripes) and Surgeonfish (Acanthurus) moving in a strong current, Maldives, Indian Ocean.
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Michael Pitts / Maldives anemonefish (Amphiprion nigripes) and Surgeonfish (Acanthurus) swimming in a strong current, with moving anemones (Actiniaria), Maldives, Indian Ocean.
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Michael Pitts / Maldives anemonefish (Amphiprion nigripes) and Surgeonfish (Acanthurus) swimming in a strong current, with moving anemones (Actiniaria), Maldives, Indian Ocean.
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Michael Pitts / Devil rays (Mobula japonica) viewed from below, South Ari atoll, Maldives.
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Alex Mustard / Pink eye goby (Bryaninops natans) hovers over a coral. This fish seems to have its ovipositor extended and may have been laying eggs. Laamu Atoll, Maldives. Indian Ocean
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Alex Mustard / RF - Portrait of Maldives anemonefish (Amphiprion nigripes) with its host magnificent sea anemone (Heteractis magnifica) on a coral reef. Laamu Atoll, Maldives. Indian Ocean (This image may be license...
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Alex Mustard / Seagrass meadow (Halodule pinifilia). Seagrass is threatened in the Maldives, where many resorts actively pluck the plants from the water to create a sandy seabed, but generating major problems of ero...
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Alex Mustard / Seagrass meadow (Cymodocea rotundat). Seagrass is threatened in the Maldives, where many resorts actively pluck the plants from the water to create a sandy seabed, but generating major problems of ero...
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Alex Mustard / Seagrass meadow (Thalassodendron cilliatum) with young Paddletail snappers (Lutjanus gibbus). Seagrass is threatened in the Maldives, where many resorts actively pluck the plants from the water to cre...
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Alex Mustard / Marine biologist holding a seagrass flower. Seagrass is one of the few flowering plants found in the ocean and only produces flowers periodically. Laamu Atoll, Maldives. Indian Ocean.
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Alex Mustard / Giant guitarfish (Rhynchobatus djiddensis) rests on the seabed. Laamu Atoll, Maldives. Indian Ocean
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Alex Mustard / Detail of the yellow and blue stripes of an adult Emperor angelfish (Pomacanthus imperator) on a coral reef. Laamu Atoll, Maldives. Indian Ocean
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Sirachai Arunrugstichai / Tawny nurse shark (Nebrius ferrugineus) in the evening at Alimatha Jetty,. where sharks are often attracted by fish scraps discarded by the island resort, Felidhu Atoll, Republic of Maldives, January...
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Sirachai Arunrugstichai / Bottlenose wedgefish (Rhynchobatus australiae) gliding along the reef slope in the late evening, North Male Atoll, Republic of Maldives
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Sirachai Arunrugstichai / Laced moray eels (Gymnothorax favagineus) inhabit the same crevice in the reefs, North Male Atoll, Republic of Maldives.
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Sirachai Arunrugstichai / Bottlenose wedgefish (Rhynchobatus australiae) glides along the reef edge in the late evening, while a SCUBA diver observing it from distance, North Male Atoll, Maldives. Critically endangered species...
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Sirachai Arunrugstichai / Bottlenose wedgefish (Rhynchobatus australiae) glides along the reef edge in the late evening, while a SCUBA diver observing it from distance, North Male Atoll, Maldives. Critically endangered species...
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Sirachai Arunrugstichai / Bottlenose wedgefish (Rhynchobatus australiae) on sandy bottom in the late evening, foraging for food near a fish factory, Male Atoll, Republic of Maldives. Critically endangered species.
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Sirachai Arunrugstichai / Blotched fantail / Marble ray (Taeniurops meyeni) on the seafloor in the late evening, foraging for food near a fish factory, Male Atoll, Republic of Maldives.