A Photoshopped composite photo that depicts some of the predatory fishes often associated with barrier reefs, oceanic platform reefs, seamounts, and similar reef types in the Indo-Pacific region.
1 - Blackfin barracuda (Sphyraena qenie)
2 - Gray reef shark (Carcharhinus
amblyrhynchos)
3 - Silvertip shark (Carcharhinus
albimarginatus)
4 - Midnight snapper (Macolor
macularis)
5 - Highfin grouper (Plectropomus
oligacanthus)
6 - Whitetip reef shark (Triaenodon obesus)
7 - Red firefish (Pterois
volitans)
8 - Bluefin trevally (Caranx
melampygus)
9 - Coral cod (Cephalopholis miniata)
All original images came from Madang and Kimbe Bay.
A Photoshopped composite photo that depicts some of the predatory fishes often found on lagoonal, inshore, and island-associated fringing reefs, patch reefs, and adjacent habitats (though some are also found in more open-ocean habitats) in the Indo-Pacific region.
1 - Highfin grouper
2 - Red firefish
3 - Crocodilefish (Cymbacephalus
beauforti)
4 - Tailspot lizardfish (Synodus
jaculum).
5 - Giant moray (Gymnothorax
javanicus)
6 - Strawberry grouper (Cephalopholis spiloparaea)
7 - Ragged-fin firefish (Pterois antennata)
8 - Smallscale scorpionfish (Scorpaenopsis
oxycephalus)
9 - Ribbon eel ( Rhinomuraena quaesita)
10 - Spiny devilfish (Inimicus caledonicus)
All original images came from Madang and Kimbe Bay.