Rock Wrasse Photos

Rock wrasse, Halichoeres semicinctus, Catalina Island.
Species: Rock wrasse, Halichoeres semicinctus
Location: Catalina Island, California
Image ID: 40529  

California golden gorgonian, Garibaldi and Sheephead wrasse 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, California sheephead wrasse, Garibaldi, Hypsypops rubicundus, Muricea californica, Semicossyphus pulcher
Location: San Clemente Island, California
Image ID: 30922  

Bluethroat Wrasse, Notolabrus tetricus, Adult Male, Kangaroo Island, South Australia.
Species: Bluethroat Wrasse, Notolabrus tetricus
Location: Kangaroo Island, South Australia
Image ID: 39227  

California golden gorgonian and Sheephead wrasse fish 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.
Location: Catalina Island, California
Image ID: 34183  

California golden gorgonian, Garibaldi and Sheephead wrasse 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.
Location: Catalina Island, California
Image ID: 34186  

Bluethroat Wrasse, Notolabrus tetricus, Adult Male, Kangaroo Island, South Australia.
Species: Bluethroat Wrasse, Notolabrus tetricus
Location: Kangaroo Island, South Australia
Image ID: 39238  

Bluethroat Wrasse, Notolabrus tetricus, Adult Female, Kangaroo Island, South Australia.
Species: Bluethroat Wrasse, Notolabrus tetricus
Location: Kangaroo Island, South Australia
Image ID: 39259  

Bluethroat Wrasse, Notolabrus tetricus, Adult Male, Kangaroo Island, South Australia.
Species: Bluethroat Wrasse, Notolabrus tetricus
Location: Kangaroo Island, South Australia
Image ID: 39273  

California golden gorgonian and Sheephead wrasse 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 sheephead wrasse, Semicossyphus pulcher
Location: San Clemente Island, California
Image ID: 30888  

Juvenile sheephead swims above dead/dying brown gorgonian covered with yellow parasitic zoanthid anemones. Eagle Rock.
Species: California sheephead wrasse, Luminescent parazoanthid, Parazoanthus lucificum, Savalia lucifica, Semicossyphus pulcher
Location: Catalina Island, California
Image ID: 07006  

California golden gorgonian and small juvenile sheephead wrasse 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 sheephead wrasse, Semicossyphus pulcher
Location: San Clemente Island, California
Image ID: 30924  

Galapagos hogfish, motion blur.
Species: Harlequin wrasse, Bodianus eclancheri
Location: Cousins, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
Image ID: 16364  

Rock wrasse, Catalina.
Species: Rock wrasse, Halichoeres semicinctus
Location: Catalina Island, California
Image ID: 01938  

Juvenile sheephead swims above dead/dying brown gorgonian covered with yellow parasitic zoanthid anemones. Eagle Rock.
Species: California sheephead wrasse, Luminescent parazoanthid, Parazoanthus lucificum, Savalia lucifica, Semicossyphus pulcher
Location: Catalina Island, California
Image ID: 07007  

Rock wrasse, Catalina.
Species: Rock wrasse, Halichoeres semicinctus
Location: Catalina Island, California
Image ID: 07077