Lutjanus sp. Grey snapper

Truk native diving on artificial reef

Apogon sp. Cardinal Fish

Crinoid on a coral head

Coral polyps extended for feeding

Chaetodon sp. Butterfly fish Mated pair grazing on biota associated with coral head

Angelfish

Labroides sp. Cleaning wrasse

Labroides sp. Cleaning wrasse over acropora coral

Paracirrhites sp. Hawkfish

Black and white Labroides sp. wrasse with Syngathidae sp. Pipefish

Serpulid sp. polychaete worm - note coral polyps on massive coral head

Description not available.

Feeding polyps on massive coral head - polyps are filter-feeders

Two types of Chromis sp. on acropora coral head. Fish feed on zooplankton from water column. These fish use the coral for protection from predation

Zanclus canescens - Moorish Idol

Forcipiger Longirostris is top fish - Siganus sp. is bottom fish

Chaetontidae sp. - a variety of butterfly fish.

Yellow butterfly is Chaetodon Unimaculatus. Greyish butterfly is Chaetodon sp.

Heniochus acuminatus - butterfly fish.

Tridacna Crocea - Giant clam embedded in coral Demonstrating variable zooxanthellae colorization in mantle

Large ray buried in sand

Acanthurus Achilles, Achilles Tang in lower left Zebrasoma Flavescens, Yellow Tangs; large Porites sp. coral in background

Acanthures Sandvicensis - Manini or Convict Tang Herbivorous fish

Zanclus Canescens - Moorish Idol, Acanthurus Achilles, Achilles Tang Other fish species and coral head of Porites lobatus in foreground

Abudeduf abdominalis - Sergeant Major fish

Gymnothorax flavimarginatus - Moray eel living in crevasse in reef

Pterois sphex - Lionfish - Dorsal spines are extremely poisonous Living in pipe in artificial reef

Gymnothorax Meleagris - Moray eel Porites sp. corals are white outcroppings

Pomacentrus sp.? Possibly a species of damselfish

Zebrasoma flavescens - yellow tang. Ctenocheatus strigosus is large black surg disc-shaped surgeon fish. Mulloidichthys samoensis -goat fish. Elongate fish with yellow tail. Acanthurus leucopareius - surgeon fish with white bands. A healthy reef ecosystem in the 1960's.

Reef fish feeding on damselfish eggs attached to substrate. Chaetodon miliaris are three yellow fish on bottom right. Blue striped fish are Chaetodon sp. Forcipiger longirostris is bright yellow fish in background.

Predominantly Porites sp. coral assemblage. Large erect colonies are Porites Lobata.

Vertical ledge of massive Porites sp. coral.

Diadema sp. urchins feeding on algae growth on dead Porites lobata. Note contrast between dead coral and live colony on bottom right.

Diadema sp. is long-spined urchin and Trypneustes sp. is short-spined urchin. Trypneustes sp. on right has attached coral pieces and urchin shell. Possibly protection or camouflage.

Chaetodon miliaris - butterfly fish over healthy Porites lobata coral reef.

A hazard of a diving marine biologist. Hammers on the head tend to discourage attack. Carcharinis Limbatus - grey shark on a murky day at the reef.

A hazard of a diving marine biologist. Hammers on the head tend to discourage attack. Carcharinis Limbatus - grey shark on a murky day at the reef.

Parupeneus multifasciatus - a red goatfish. Orange bryozoan colonizing underside of pipe.

Chaetodon multicinctus - common butterfly fish. Note tag for migration studies.

A tagged lizard-fish of Synodontidae family on sandy cobble bottom. These fish are voracious predators.

Patch reef with assorted corals

Wrasse - Bodianus bilunulatus

Eagle rays - Aetobatus narinari - flying in formation across a reef landscape

School of jacks -Carangids in deep water

Possibly a mating congregation of jacks - males darker Jacks are a high-level inshore predator built for speed

Goatfish - Parupeneus chryserydros - with goat whiskers

Hawaiian flounder - Samariscus triocellatus