Fish photos

Blackstripe surgeonfish.
Species: Blackstripe surgeonfish, Acanthurus nigricaudas
Image ID: 12963  

Percula clownfish anemonefish.
Species: Percula clownfish, Amphiprion percula
Image ID: 13673  

Red Irish Lord. The red irish lord lurks in shallow habitats where it feeds on crabs, shrimp, barnacles, mussels and small fishes.
Species: Red irish lord, Hemilepidotus hemilepidotus
Image ID: 13689  

Crevice rockfish. Seldom seen, kelpfish hover among the seaweeds in wave swept tidepools and reefs. These secretive fish rapidly change color to match watever background they are near. This kelpfish has assumed the coloration of the blade of kelp it is resting on.
Species: Crevice rockfish, Gibbonsia montereyensis
Location: Monterey, California
Image ID: 13711  

French grunt.
Species: French grunt, Haemulon flavolineatum
Image ID: 13985  

Pot-bellied seahorse, male, carrying eggs. The developing embryos are nourished by individual yolk sacs, and oxygen is supplied through a placenta-like attachment to the male. Two to six weeks after fertilization, the male gives birth. The babies must then fend for themselves, and few survive to adulthood.
Species: Pot-bellied seahorse, Hippocampus abdominalis
Image ID: 14472  

Pot-bellied seahorse, male, carrying eggs. The developing embryos are nourished by individual yolk sacs, and oxygen is supplied through a placenta-like attachment to the male. Two to six weeks after fertilization, the male gives birth. The babies must then fend for themselves, and few survive to adulthood.
Species: Pot-bellied seahorse, Hippocampus abdominalis
Image ID: 14558  

Spotted gar.
Species: Spotted gar, Lepisosteus oculatus
Image ID: 14710  

A small (2 inch) sanddab is well-camouflaged amidst the grains of sand that surround it.
Species: Sanddabs, Citharichthys
Image ID: 14936  

California golden gorgonian and small juvenile sheephead fishes on rocky reef, below kelp forest, underwater. The golden gorgonian is a filter-feeding temperate colonial species that lives on the rocky bottom at depths between 50 to 200 feet deep. Each individual polyp is a distinct animal, together they secrete calcium that forms the structure of the colony. Gorgonians are oriented at right angles to prevailing water currents to capture plankton drifting by.
Species: California golden gorgonian, Muricea californica, Semicossyphus pulcher
Location: San Clemente Island, California
Image ID: 23421  

Garibaldi fish on kelp forest reef, underwater.
Species: Garibaldi, Hypsypops rubicundus
Location: San Clemente Island, California
Image ID: 25409  

Ocean sunfish, open ocean, photographer, freediving.
Species: Ocean sunfish, Mola mola
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 26049  

Schooling fish, circling jacks, Las Animas, Sea of Cortez, Baja California.
Species: Bigeye jack, Caranx sexfasciatus
Image ID: 00249  

Jack mackerel schooling amid kelp forest.
Species: Pacific jack mackerel, Macrocystis pyrifera, Trachurus symmetricus
Location: San Clemente Island, California
Image ID: 00256  

Jack mackerel schooling.
Species: Pacific jack mackerel, Trachurus symmetricus
Location: San Clemente Island, California
Image ID: 00293  

Jack mackerel and kelp.
Species: Pacific jack mackerel, Macrocystis pyrifera, Trachurus symmetricus
Location: San Clemente Island, California
Image ID: 00380  

Garibaldi.
Species: Garibaldi, Hypsypops rubicundus
Location: San Clemente Island, California
Image ID: 00635  

Jack mackerel schooling in kelp.
Species: Pacific jack mackerel, Macrocystis pyrifera, Trachurus symmetricus
Location: San Clemente Island, California
Image ID: 01019  

Cortez chubb.
Species: Cortez chubb, Kyphosus elegans
Location: Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe), Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 01020  

Blacksmith.
Species: Blacksmith, Chromis punctipinnis
Location: Catalina Island, California
Image ID: 01026  

Garibaldi.
Species: Garibaldi, Hypsypops rubicundus
Location: San Clemente Island, California
Image ID: 01060  

Sargo, Islas San Benito.
Species: Sargo, Anisotremus davidsonii
Location: San Benito Islands (Islas San Benito), Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 02339  

Blacksmith in motion, San Clemente island.
Species: Blacksmith, Chromis punctipinnis
Location: San Clemente Island, California
Image ID: 02345  

Chromis and algae along top of pinnacle, Islas San Benito.
Species: Blacksmith, Chromis punctipinnis
Location: San Benito Islands (Islas San Benito), Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 02395  

Jack mackerel and kelp.
Species: Pacific jack mackerel, Macrocystis pyrifera, Trachurus symmetricus
Location: San Clemente Island, California
Image ID: 02743  

Schooling blue and gold snapper and Mexican goatfish.
Species: Blue and gold snapper, Lutjanus viridis, Mulloidichthys dentatus
Location: Cocos Island, Costa Rica
Image ID: 03277  

Ocean sunfish, open ocean.
Species: Ocean sunfish, Mola mola
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 03322  

Ocean sunfish and photographer, open ocean.
Species: Ocean sunfish, Mola mola
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 03323  

Garibaldi in kelp forest.
Species: Garibaldi, Hypsypops rubicundus
Location: San Clemente Island, California
Image ID: 03453  

Chris Thompson and yellowfin tuna speared at Guadalupe Island.
Location: Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe), Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 03730