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  • A Critically Endangered hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) swims through a coral reef crevasse. Hawksbills eat coral sponges and, therefore, depend on healthy reefs for their survival. In this area known as the Gardens of the Queen in Cuba, is a well-protected Marine Sanctuary and one of the last places in the Caribbean to have healthy reefs.
    Reef Silhouette
  • Caribbean reef sharks (Carcharhinus perezi) are predators high on the food chain. Their presence in large numbers is a key indicator of a healthy ecosystem. *Note: This image is only for sale for Rights Managed or as a limited edition print. See my "Limited Editions" under the PRINTS tab for more information or send me an email for a quote.
    Caribbean Reef Sharks
  • A Caribbean reef shark (Carcharhinus perezi) swims over a coral reef off Eleuthera, Bahamas.
    20171130-DSC_1809.jpg
  • Caribbean reef shark (Carcharhinus perezi) patrolling a coral reef filled with schoolmaster snapper (Lutjanus apodus) and other fish. Jardines de la Reina, Gardens of the Queen National Park, Cuba
    20170216GOTQ0757.jpg
  • Caribbean reef shark (Carcharhinus perezi) swimming over pristine coral reef in Jardines de la Reina, Gardens of the Queen National Park, Cuba.
    20170212GOTQ0000.jpg
  • Caribbean reef shark (Carcharhinus perezi) swimming over pristine coral reef in Jardines de la Reina, Gardens of the Queen National Park, Cuba.
    20170216GOTQ0425.jpg
  • Type of shallow coral reef known as a patch reef with coral, sponges and a school of grunts (Haemulon chrysargyreum) off Eleuthera, Bahamas.
    2013_11_08_HI003.jpg
  • Caribbean reef shark (Carcharhinus perezi), male, sleeping under a coral reef ledge, Harbour Island, Bahamas.
    2012_Harbour Island310.jpg
  • A coral reef wall, full of sponges with a Caribbean reef shark (Carcharhinus perezi) in the background. Image made off Jardines de la Reina (Gardens of the Queen National Park), Cuba
    20170215GOTQ0473.jpg
  • Caribbean reef squid (Sepioteuthis sepioidea) eating shrimp at night in The Bahamas.
    20200126-500_7773.jpg
  • Whitetip reef shark (Triaenodon obesus) swimming along a coral reef in Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea.
    2015_05_04_PNGD6_833.jpg
  • Silhouette of a Caribbean reef shark (Carcharhinus perezi) swimming over a coral reef in Jardines de la Reina, Gardens of the Queen National Park, Cuba.
    20170212GOTQ0309.jpg
  • Gray reef shark (Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos) on Father's Reef, Papua New Guinea.
    2015_05_04_PNGD6_864.jpg
  • Gray reef shark (Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos) on Father's Reef, Papua New Guinea.
    2015_05_04_PNGD7_0682.jpg
  • Caribbean reef squid (Sepioteuthis sepioidea) portrait at night, Eleuthera, Bahamas.
    20190304-500_4497.jpg
  • Caribbean reef squid (Sepioteuthis sepioidea) eating fish. Bahamas.
    20200131-500_8467.jpg
  • Caribbean reef squid (Sepioteuthis sepioidea) at night in The Bahamas
    20200131-500_8358.jpg
  • Two Caribbean reef squid (Sepioteuthis sepioidea) in the night ocean filled with plankton in The Bahamas
    20200126-500_8017.jpg
  • Caribbean reef squid (Sepioteuthis sepioidea) at night in The Bahamas.
    2015_07_07_HI175.jpg
  • Caribbean reef shark (Carcharhinus perezi) with a fishing hook left in her mouth. Image made in The Bahamas.
    2014_10_08TB463.jpg
  • Caribbean reef squid (Sepioteuthis sepioidea) portrait at night, Eleuthera, Bahamas.
    20190304-500_4502.jpg
  • Caribbean reef squid (Sepioteuthis sepioidea) portrait at night, Eleuthera, Bahamas.
    20190304-500_4467.jpg
  • Caribbean reef squid (Sepioteuthis sepioidea) portrait at night, Eleuthera, Bahamas.
    20190304-500_4578.jpg
  • Caribbean reef squid (Sepioteuthis sepioidea) portrait reflecting off the surface of the ocean at night, Eleuthera, Bahamas.
    20190304-500_4565.jpg
  • Caribbean reef squid (Sepioteuthis sepioidea) portrait at night, Eleuthera, Bahamas.
    20190304-500_4573.jpg
  • Caribbean reef squid (Sepioteuthis sepioidea) eating larval moray eel, Eleuthera, Bahamas.
    20190304-500_4256.jpg
  • The silhouette of a shark swimming towards a coral reef. Palau.
    20191010-500_3096.jpg
  • Silhouette of a Caribbean reef shark (Carcharhinus perezi), Jardines de la Reina, Gardens of the Queen National Park, Cuba.
    20170212GOTQ0305.jpg
  • Caribbean reef sharks (Carcharhinus perezi) off Jardines de la Reina (Gardens of the Queen National Park), Cuba
    20170215GOTQ0207.jpg
  • A Caribbean reef shark (Carcharhinus perezi) and a school of horse eye jacks (Caranx latus) under a catamaran boat in The Bahamas.
    20170717EX_667.jpg
  • A Caribbean reef shark (Carcharhinus perezi) swims over manatee grass (Syringodium filiforme) off Nassau, Bahamas
    20170710NAS557.jpg
  • A shallow hard coral reef in The Bahamas.
    20200709-500_2181.jpg
  • Caribbean reef shark (Carcharhinus perezi), Harbour Island, Bahamas.
    2012_HI_Aug_12th044.jpg
  • Caribbean reef squid (Sepioteuthis sepioidea) portrait at night, Eleuthera, Bahamas.
    20190304-500_4427.jpg
  • A beautiful coral reef scene filled with a great diversity of fish and coral life. Image made near Alor, Indonesia.
    20180925-500_3786.jpg
  • Caribbean reef shark (Carcharhinus perezi), Jardines de la Reina, Gardens of the Queen National Park, Cuba
    20170213GOTQ0566.jpg
  • A Spanish lobster AKA slipper lobster (Scyllarides aequinoctialis) emerges from a coral reef at night in The Bahamas.
    20171107HI_180.jpg
  • Caribbean reef shark (Carcharhinus perezi) in The Bahamas.
    2012_April_23_Freeport305.jpg
  • A scuba diver approaches a coral reef in the Red Sea off Marsa Alam, Egypt.
    20191002-500_1856.jpg
  • Caribbean reef squid (Sepioteuthis sepioidea) in the night ocean filled with plankton in The Bahamas
    20200126-500_7951.jpg
  • Whitetip reef shark (Triaenodon obesus) portrait, Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea.
    2015_05_04_PNGD6_703.jpg
  • Caribbean reef squid (Sepioteuthis sepioidea) portrait at night, Eleuthera, Bahamas.
    20190304-500_4450.jpg
  • A beautiful coral reef scene filled with a great diversity of fish and coral life. Image made near Alor, Indonesia.
    20180925-500_3709.jpg
  • Portrait of a Caribbean reef shark (Carcharhinus perezi). Image made off Jardines de la Reina, Gardens of the Queen National Park, Cuba
    20170214GOTQ0153.jpg
  • A Caribbean reef shark (Carcharhinus perezi) swims along the edge of a blue hole in The Bahamas.
    20170710NAS111.jpg
  • Reef scenic including red soft coral (Eunephthya rubiformis) giant plumose anemones (Metridium senile) and bull kelp (Nereocystis luetkeana) off Vancouver Island, BC, Canada.
    20210318-500_4443.jpg
  • Coral reef scene with a school of french grunts (Haemulon flavolineatum) in The Bahamas
    20200628-500_1622.jpg
  • A Caribbean reef shark (Carcharhinus perezi) cruises over a sand flat in The Bahamas.
    2016_12_08HI108.jpg
  • Caribbean reef shark (Carcharhinus perezi), two, one with a fishing hook and line and one with a broken jaw from catch and release shark fishing. Image made in The Bahamas.
    2014_10_09TB232.jpg
  • Caribbean reef squid (Sepioteuthis sepioidea) just under the surface in The Bahamas.
    2013_08_04_HI064.jpg
  • Common octopus (Octopus insularis) hunting on a reef off Eleuthera Island, Bahamas.
    20190324-500_5147.jpg
  • A boat anchor digs into a coral reef in The Philippines.
    20181008-500_7465.jpg
  • A beautiful coral reef scene filled with a great diversity of fish and coral life. Image made near Alor, Indonesia.
    20180925-500_3678.jpg
  • Black grouper (Mycteroperca bonaci) on coral reef in Jardines de la Reina, Gardens of the Queen National Park, Cuba.
    20170212GOTQ0252.jpg
  • A fish trap filled with tropical reef fish in The Bahamas.
    20171202-DSC_1987.jpg
  • Caribbean reef shark (Carcharhinus perezi) pup swims near the surface off Harbour Island, Bahamas.
    20200609-500_1190.jpg
  • A coral reef scene with red sea whips (Ellisella sp) and a scuba diver in the background. Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea.
    2015_05_04_PNGD1_045.jpg
  • Common octopus (Octopus insularis) hunting on a reef off Eleuthera Island, Bahamas.
    20190324-500_5122.jpg
  • A beautiful coral reef scene filled with a great diversity of fish and coral life. Image made near Alor, Indonesia.
    20180926-500_3999.jpg
  • A day octopus (Octopus cyanea) hunting along a pristine coral reef off Alor, Indonesia.
    20180926-500_3867.jpg
  • A beautiful coral reef scene filled with a great diversity of fish and coral life. Image made near Alor, Indonesia.
    20180925-500_3821.jpg
  • Queen conch (Lobatus gigas) walk along the ocean floor with Caribbean reef sharks (Carcharhinus perezi) in the background. Image made off Grand Bahama Island, Bahamas.
    2014_10_09TB239.jpg
  • Hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) swimming over a coral reef crevasse, Jardines de la Reina, Gardens of the Queen National Park, Cuba.
    20170213GOTQ1036.jpg
  • Wide reef scene of bull kelp (Nereocystis luetkeana) plumose anemones (Metridium farcimen) and red soft coral (Eunephthya rubiformis) in Browning Pass, Port Hardy, Vancouver Island, BC, Canada.
    20210319-500_4807.jpg
  • A school of yellowsaddle goatfish (Parupeneus cyclostomus) on a pristine coral reef in the Red Sea off Marsa Alam, Egypt.
    20191001-500_1353.jpg
  • A nurse shark (Ginglymostoma cirratum) swims over a coral reef in The Bahamas.
    20200715-500_2390.jpg
  • A nurse shark (Ginglymostoma cirratum) swims over a coral reef in The Bahamas.
    20200715-500_2389.jpg
  • A school of smallmouth grunts (Haemulon chrysargyreum) swim over a coral reef off Cancun, Mexico. Slow shutterspeed image.
    2016_01_21Cancun483.jpg
  • A scuba diver with light looks at a beautiful coral reef with feather stars (crinoid) and red whip corals / sea whips (Ellisella sp) in Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea.
    2015_05_04_PNGD7_0264.jpg
  • Colorful coral reef scene with feather stars (crinoids), magenta slender anthias (Luzonichthys waitei) and a School of Bigeye jacks / trevally (Caranx sexfasciatus), Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea.
    2015_05_04_PNGD4_018.jpg
  • A hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) feeds on sponges on a coral reef off Moalboal, Philippines.
    20181020-500_0759.jpg
  • A scuba diver swims along a beautiful coral reef off Bali, Indonesia
    20180909-500_1170.jpg
  • A Caribbean reef octopus (Octopus briareus) hunting in an alkaline pond in The Bahamas.
    20170729HI-293.jpg
  • Schools of fish including grunts, snappers and chubs swim along a coral reef in the marine protected area of the Exuma Cays Land and Sea Park, Bahamas
    20170717EX_487.jpg
  • Despite the Bahamas being declared a shark sanctuary in 2011, their reputation among the local population is less than popular. Many fisherman will kill sharks simply for the sake of killing a shark. Here a Caribbean Reef Shark (Carcharhinus perezi) was killed, decapitated and simply dumped off a fish cleaning dock. No fish, jaws, teeth or anything else were removed.
    2013_Jan5_HI014.jpg
  • Common octopus (Octopus insularis) on a coral reef in The Bahamas.
    2012_HI_Aug_17th238.jpg
  • A Caribbean reef octopus (Octopus briareus) hunting in an alkaline pond in The Bahamas.
    20170729HI-224.jpg
  • A Caribbean reef octopus (Octopus briareus) hunting in an alkaline pond in The Bahamas.
    20170729HI-209.jpg
  • After a coral reef dies it crumbles, taking with it many other animals. The cause of the destruction was likely dynamite fishing. Image made near Flores, Indonesia.
    20180924-500_3564.jpg
  • A beautiful Caribbean coral reef filled with sea fans. Image made off Harbour Island, Bahamas
    2014_12_18HI156.jpg
  • Silhouette of a coral reef in The Bahamas.
    20170718EX_263.jpg
  • A nurse shark (Ginglymostoma cirratum) swimming among patch reefs near Eleuthera, Bahamas.
    2016_04_10HI040.jpg
  • Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) resting in a coral reef. Image made off Eleuthera, Bahamas.
    20180101-DSC_2697.jpg
  • Turbinaria ornata, a brown algae, is dominating what used to be coral reefs in this lagoon in Moorea, French Polynesia.
    20210813-500_6118.jpg
  • A snorkeler inspects a large patch of dead elkhorn coral (Acropora palmata) in The Bahamas. Climate change and pollution have lead to coral reefs dying unprecedented rates.
    2016_05_20_HI042.jpg
  • A shallow coral reef in Papua New Guinea reflected.
    Reef Reflection
  • Seafans and other coral on a reef in The Bahamas. There are still patches of healthy reefs, but our decisions will determine their future. *Note: This image is only for sale for Rights Managed or as a limited edition print. See my "Limited Editions" under the PRINTS tab for more information or send me an email for a quote.
    Caribbean Reef
  • A Caribbean reef shark, Carcharhinus perezii, off Freeport Grand Bahama
    2012_April_23_Freeport232.jpg
  • A Caribbean reef shark, Carcharhinus perezii, off Freeport Grand Bahama
    2012_April_23_Freeport027.jpg
  • A Caribbean reef shark, Carcharhinus perezii, off Freeport Grand Bahama
    2012_April_23_Freeport013.jpg
  • Caribbean reef squid (Sepioteuthis sepioidea) portrait at night, Eleuthera, Bahamas.
    20190304-500_4562.jpg
  • A scuba diver feeds an invasive lionfish (Pterois volitans) to a Caribbean reef shark (Carcharhinus perezi) off Grand Bahama Island, Bahamas. It was once thought that if the sharks learned that lionfish taste good they would actively hunt live lionfish. So far, that has not been the case.
    2016_06_19Freeport615.jpg
  • A Caribbean reef shark, Carcharhinus perezii, off Freeport Grand Bahama
    2012_April_23_Freeport305.jpg
  • Blacktip reef shark (Carcharhinus melanopterus) in a shallow lagoon on Moorea, French Polynesia.
    20210816-500_6372.jpg
  • Rock lobster/Caribbean spiny lobster (Panulirus argus) hiding in a patch of coral reef and sponges. Image made off Eleuthera, Bahamas.
    20180101-DSC_2695.jpg
  • A scuba diver feeds an invasive lionfish (Pterois volitans) to a Caribbean reef shark (Carcharhinus perezi) off Grand Bahama Island, Bahamas. It was once thought that if the sharks learned that lionfish taste good they would actively hunt live lionfish. So far, that has not been the case.
    2016_06_19Freeport697.jpg
  • A scuba diver feeds an invasive lionfish (Pterois volitans) to a Caribbean reef shark (Carcharhinus perezi) off Grand Bahama Island, Bahamas. It was once thought that if the sharks learned that lionfish taste good they would actively hunt live lionfish. So far, that has not been the case.
    2016_06_19Freeport616.jpg
  • Marine biologist Agnessa Lundy with The Bahamas National Trust assesses a coral reef in the Exuma Cays land and Sea Park. As coral reef health continues to decline worldwide scientists are trying to find the best ways to help reefs which includes areas like this park where no extraction is legal.
    Singles08.jpg
  • Caribbean reef squid (Sepioteuthis sepioidea) eating larval moray eel, Eleuthera, Bahamas.
    20190304-500_4289.jpg
  • Caribbean reef squid (Sepioteuthis sepioidea) form a school, known as a squad, off Eleuthera, Bahamas.
    20170507sHI0078-2.jpg
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