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Blue Heron Bridge, Cephalopods: Cephalopoda, FL, Florida, Invertebrates, Marine Life, Mollusks: Mollusca, Palm Beach County, Phil Foster Park, Singer Island, USA, United States, West Palm Beach, attack, attacking, behavior, common octopus: Octopus vulgaris, copyrighted, marine, muck, ocean, underwater, underwater photo

Octopus attacks camera

Angelfishes: Pomacanthidae, Bony Fishes: Osteichthyes, Fishes, French angelfish: Pomacanthus paru, Marine Life, Trumpetfishes: Aulostomidae, behavior, copyrighted, feeding, hunt, marine, nuclear feeding, ocean, predation, shadow hunting, trumpetfish: Aulostomus maculatus, underwater, underwater photo

Shadow feeding - Fish feeding behavior

BEHAVIOR, Bony Fishes: Osteichthyes, Fishes, Grunts: Haemulidae, Laz Ruda, Lazaro Ruda Wildlife Photographer, MARINE LIFE, Róbalo, Snooks: Centropomidae,OceanWildlifePhoto.com, [PHOTO TYPE], aggregate, aggregation, bait fish, blur, blurry, common snook: Centropomus undecimalis, horizontal, hunting, marine, motion blur, ocean, school, schooling, slow shutter speed, underwater, underwater photo, wide angle

School of common snook hunting bait fish

Cleaning behavior between fish

Blue Heron Bridge, Bony Fishes: Osteichthyes, FL, Fishes, Florida, Marine Life, Palm Beach County, Phil Foster Park, Seahorses: Syngathidae: Sygnathidae, Singer Island, USA, United States, West Palm Beach, copyrighted, lined seahorse: Hippocampus erectus, macro, marine, muck, ocean, portrait, spawning, underwater, underwater photo, vertical

Seahorse birth in the wild

BEHAVIOR, Bony Fishes: Osteichthyes, Fishes, Laz Ruda, Lazaro Ruda Wildlife Photographer, MARINE LIFE, Mullets: Mugilidae, Tarpons: Elopidae, OceanWildlifePhoto.com, West Palm Beach, [LOCATION], horizontal, marine, mullet migration, mullet run, ocean, predation, predator, predator avoidance, striped mullet: Mugil cephalus, tarpon: Megalops atlanticus, underwater, underwater photo, wide angle

Tarpon in the mullet migration

Bony Fishes: Osteichthyes, FL, Fishes, Florida, Groupers: Serranids: Serranidae, Marine Life, Palm Beach County, Seahorses: Syngathidae: Sygnathidae, USA, United States, West Palm Beach, behavior, copyrighted, lined seahorse: Hippocampus erectus, macro, malabar grouper: Epinephelus malabaricus, marine, mating, mating / courtship, muck, ocean, photo, photograph, photography, pregnant, rare, reproduction, underwater, underwater photo, underwater photography

Mating seahorses photographed in the wild

Atlantic Ocean, Cephalopods: Cephalopoda, FL, Florida, Invertebrates, Marine Life, Mollusks: Mollusca, Octopus: Octopoda, Palm Beach County, TheLivingSea.com, USA, United States, West Palm Beach, brood, common octopus: Octopus vulgaris, egg, female, landscape, macro, marine, ocean, protection, underwater, underwater photo

Octopus with eggs

Atlantic Ocean, Bony Fishes: Osteichthyes, FL, Fishes, Florida, Groupers: Serranids: Serranidae, Jacks: Carangidae, Marine Life, Palm Beach County, USA, United States, West Palm Beach, aggregating, baitfish, goliath grouper: Epinephelus itajara, marine, ocean, protection, round scad: Decapterus punctatus, schooling, underwater, underwater photo

Atlantic Goliath Grouper - Baitfish with Goliath Grouper

Bony Fishes: Osteichthyes, Cnidarians: Cnidaria, Driftfishes: Nomeidae, Fishes, Hydroids: Hydrozoans: Hydrozoa, Invertebrates, Marine Life, Portuguese man-of-war: Physalia physalis, Sardine, Siphonophores: Siphonophora, copyrighted, man-of-war fish: Nomeus gronovii, marine, ocean, underwater, underwater photo

Man of war fish with host

060606, Arthropods: Arthropoda, Barnacles: Cirripedia, Crustaceans: Crustacea, Invertebrates, Marine Life, Tide Pool, copyrighted, estuary, horseshoe crab: Limulus polyphemus, marine, ocean, over-under: under/over: under-over: split: split perspective: ha, underwater, underwater photo

Horseshoe crab underwater over under photo

Atlantic Ocean, Bony Fishes: Osteichthyes, FL, Fishes, Florida, Jupiter, Laz Ruda, Lazaro Ruda Wildlife Photographer, MARINE LIFE, Snooks: Centropomidae, OceanWildlifePhoto.com, USA, West Palm Beach, [LOCATION], bait ball, bait fish, baitball, common snook: Centropomus undecimalis, horizontal, marine, ocean, school, schooling fish, ship wreck, underwater, underwater photo, wide angle

Common snook swims through school of baitfish

080816, Beaded Sea Star, Florida Pricklycockle, adult, close up, copyrighted, defense, disk / oval, echinoderm, horizontal, hunting, jumping / leaping, landscape, macro, mature, mollusk, muck, orange, sand

Mollusc uses its foot to escape predation

Leatherback: Dermochelys, Marine Life, Reptiles, Reptilia, Sea Turtles: Testudines, copyrighted, horizontal, landscape, leatherback sea turtle: leatherback: leatherback turtle: Dermoch, marine, ocean, rare, underwater, underwater photo, wide angle

Rare underwater leatherback sea turtle

080822, Anthozoans: Anthozoa, Cnidarians: Cnidaria, Faviidae, Faviina, Hexacorals: Hexacorallia, Invertebrates, Marine Life, Mountainous star coral: Montastraea faveolata, Stony Corals: Scleractina: Scleractinia, copyrighted, coral, egg, horizontal, landscape, macro, marine, ocean, spawning, underwater, underwater photo

Coral spawning photograph

080822, Anthozoans: Anthozoa, Cnidarians: Cnidaria, Faviidae, Faviina, Hexacorals: Hexacorallia, Invertebrates, Marine Life, Mountainous star coral: Montastraea faveolata, Stony Corals: Scleractina: Scleractinia, copyrighted, coral, egg, horizontal, landscape, marine, ocean, spawning, underwater, underwater photo, wide angle

Coral spawning photograph

Spiny Flounders release sperm and eggs into the water column

Bony Fishes: Osteichthyes, Dragonets: Callionymidae, Fishes, Marine Life, behavior, copyrighted, horizontal, lancer dragonet: Paradiplogrammus bairdi, landscape, male, marine, ocean, territorial, underwater, underwater photo

Territorial display by two lancer dragonet fish

Bony Fishes: Osteichthyes, Fishes, Gobies: Gobiidae, Groupers: Serranids: Serranidae, Marine Life, behavior, cleaning, copyrighted, coral, marine, ocean, reef, sharknose goby: Elacatinus evelynae, symbiont, symbiosis, symbiotic relationship, tiger grouper: Mycteroperca tigris, underwater, underwater photo

Symbiotic relationship of fish on the reef

Atlantic spotted dolphin: Stenella frontalis, Cetaceans: Cetacea, Mammalia, Marine Dolphins: Delphinidae, Marine Life, Marine Mammals, baby, copyrighted, dolphin, immature, juvenile, landscape, marine, night dive, ocean, underwater, underwater photo, wide angle, young

Dolphins feed at night

Bony Fishes: Osteichthyes, Fishes, Groupers: Serranids: Serranidae, Marine Life, Puffers: Pufferfishes: Tetraodontidae, behavior, copyrighted, feeding, goliath grouper: Epinephelus itajara, marine, ocean, predation, underwater, underwater photo

Goliath Grouper Feeding Photo

Blue Heron Bridge, Cephalopods: Cephalopoda, FL, Florida, Invertebrates, Marine Life, Mollusks: Mollusca, Palm Beach County, Phil Foster Park, Singer Island, USA, United States, West Palm Beach, baby, behavior, common octopus: Octopus vulgaris, copyrighted, egg, immature, juvenile, marine, muck, ocean, underwater, underwater photo, young

Comon Octopus (Octopus vulgaris) with eggs

060606, Arthropods: Arthropoda, Barnacles: Cirripedia, Crustaceans: Crustacea, Invertebrates, Marine Life, Tide Pool, copyrighted, estuary, horseshoe crab: Limulus polyphemus, marine, ocean, over-under: under/over: under-over: split: split perspective: ha, underwater, underwater photo

Mating pair of horseshoe crabs in the flats

Mating barred hamlets - Hypoplectrus puella

Blue Heron Bridge, Bony Fishes: Osteichthyes, FL, Fishes, Florida, Jawfishes: Opistognathidae, Marine Life, Palm Beach County, Phil Foster Park, Singer Island, USA, United States, West Palm Beach, banded jawfish: Opistognathus macrognathus, copyrighted, egg, marine, muck, ocean, parenting, underwater, underwater photo

Banded jawfish (Opitognathus macrognathus) aerating eggs

Bony Fishes: Osteichthyes, Fishes, Jawfishes: Opistognathidae, Marine Life, copyrighted, eggs, horizontal, landscape, macro, marine, ocean, underwater, underwater photo, yellowhead jawfish: Opistognathus aurifrons

Yellowhead jawfish with eggs

Cheloniidae, Marine Life, Reptiles, Reptilia, Sea Turtles: Testudines, copyrighted, female, green sea turtle: green turtle: Chelonia mydas, male, marine, mating, ocean, reproduction, underwater, underwater photo

Mating green sea turtles

Bony Fishes: Osteichthyes, Fishes, Jawfishes: Opistognathidae, Marine Life, copyrighted, eggs, macro, marine, ocean, portrait, underwater, underwater photo, vertical, yellowhead jawfish: Opistognathus aurifrons

Yellowhead jawfish eggs

Bony Fishes: Osteichthyes, Cardinalfishes: Apogonidae, Fishes, Marine Life, copyrighted, egg, eggs, marine, ocean, twospot cardinalfish: Apogon pseudomaculatus, underwater, underwater photo

Twospot cardinal fish with eggs

Bony Fishes: Osteichthyes, Fishes, Jacks: Carangidae, Marine Life, baby, copyrighted, immature, juvenile, lookdown: Selene vomer, macro, marine, ocean, underwater, underwater photo, young

Juvenile lookdown fish with moon jellyfish

Bony Fishes: Osteichthyes, Fishes, Gobies: Gobiidae, Marine Life, Moray Eels: Morays: Muraenidae, behavior, cleaning, cleaning station, copyrighted, green moray: Gymnothorax funebris, marine, neon goby: Gobiosoma oceanops, ocean, symbiosis, symbiotic relationship, underwater, underwater photo

A green moray cleaned by neon goby

Bahamas, Carpetsharks: Orectolobiformes, Cartilaginous Fishes: Chondrichthyes, Cetaceans: Cetacea, Fishes, Mammalia, Marine Dolphins: Delphinidae, Marine Life, Marine Mammals, Nurse Sharks: Ginglymostomatidae, Sharks, West Indies, common bottlenose dolphin: Tursiops truncatus, copyrighted, marine, nurse shark: Ginglymostoma cirratum, ocean, tropical, underwater, underwater photo

Sharks and dolphins hunting together

Bony Fishes: Osteichthyes, Caribbean reef shark: Carcharhinus perezi, Cartilaginous Fishes: Chondrichthyes, Fishes, Ground Sharks: Carcharhiniformes, Jacks: Carangidae, Marine Life, Requiem Sharks: Carcharhindidae, Sharks, bar jack: Caranx ruber, copyrighted, horizontal, marine, ocean, rays, sun burst, sun flare, sun ray, sun ripples, symbiosis, symbiotic relationship, underwater, underwater light, underwater photo, wide angle

Over 460 species of sharks in the ocean

Caribbean reef shark: Carcharhinus perezi, Cartilaginous Fishes: Chondrichthyes, Fishes, Ground Sharks: Carcharhiniformes, Marine Life, Requiem Sharks: Carcharhindidae, Sharks, behavior, copyrighted, horizontal, marine, ocean, resting, sleeping, underwater, underwater photo, wide angle

Resting shark behavior

080816, Beaded Sea Star, Florida Pricklycockle, adult, close up, copyrighted, defense, disk / oval, echinoderm, horizontal, hunting, jumping / leaping, landscape, macro, mature, mollusk, muck, orange, sand

A Florida Prickly Cockle avoid predation (Trachycardium egmontia

Arthropods: Arthropoda, Bony Fishes: Osteichthyes, Crustaceans: Crustacea, FL, Fishes, Florida, Invertebrates, Marine Life, Moray Eels: Morays: Muraenidae, Palm Beach County, USA, United States, West Palm Beach, behavior, cleaning, cleaning station, macro, marine, ocean, purplemouth moray: Gymnothorax vicinus, scarlet-striped cleaning shrimp: Lysmata grabhami, scuba, symbiont, symbiosis, symbiotic relationship, teeth, underwater, underwater photo

Symbiotic relationship - Cleaner shrimp and moray eel

Atlantic Ocean, Bahama Island, Bahamas, Bimini, Cnidarians: Cnidaria, Invertebrates, Jellyfishes: Scyphozoans: Scyphozoa, Laz Ruda, Lazaro Ruda Wildlife Photographer, MARINE LIFE,OceanWildlifePhoto.com, [PHOTO TYPE], horizontal, macro / wide angle, marine, moon jelly: Aurelia aurita, ocean, panoramic, underwater, underwater photo, wide angle

Moon jellyfish

Ocean Wildlife Photos
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