Lionfish gets a bad reputation because they are invasive in the Caribbean, but they are definitely beautiful fish, and always a pleasure to see them in their native habitat (as seen here in the Maldives)! #ichthyology
The ocean never ceases to amaze! Meet Chrysiptera springeri, the most electric blue of electric blue fishes! #WorldOceanDay
I love photographing fish doing odd behaviors like yawning. This beautiful Nemanthias dispar did it once, and I was quick enough on the trigger to capture this nice image! They probably do it to dislodge pieces of food from the gill rakers. #ichthyology
This is a shallow water one, Regal Angelfish photographed in the Red Sea at about 10m depth.
The Five-striped Hogfish (Bodianus paraleucosticticus) is common in #mesophotic ecosystems of the Western Pacific. In the Coral Sea, we found it between 80 and 120m depth, always solitary in areas of high habitat complexity. Oh and I almost forgot, it's a beauty!
Groupers of the genus Plectropomus are known for mimicking toxic Canthigaster. The most impressive one of those to me is the Saddled Grouper (P. laevis), which mimics the Blacksaddled Toby (C. valentini). They are both quite common in the Great Barrier Reef. #ichthyology
