Opal Reef off Cairns Great Barrier Reef Australia
Photographer: David Doubilet
Maori (humphead) wrasse Chelinus undulatus at Opal Reef Great Barrier Reef Australia
Photographer: David Doubilet
Opal Reef, Great Barrier Reef Australia
Photographer: David Doubilet
A tower of plate corals on Opal Reef, Great Barrier Reef, Australia
Photographer: David Doubilet
Layers of life in layers of plate coral on Opal Reef on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia
Photographer: David Doubilet
Layers of life within the layers of plate corals on Opal Reef on Great Barrier Reef, Australia
Photographer: David Doubilet
Opal Reef, Great Barrier Reef, Australia
Photographer: David Doubilet
Plate corals compete for space on Opal reef, Great Barrier, Australia
Photographer: David Doubilet
Maori (humphead) wrasse Cheilinus undulatus at Opal Reef Great Barrier Reef Australia. The The maori wrasse is the largest member of the wrasse family and males can reach 6 feet in length and several hundred pounds. The maori wrasse is long lived, slow growing with a ow rate of reproduction that can not with stand fishing pressure. Populations throughout the Indopacific have crashed and it is rare to see a large individual. Australia banned fishing of Maori wrasse in 2003.
Photographer: David Doubilet
Opal Reef near Cairns, Great Barrier Reef Australia
Photographer: David Doubilet
Maori (humphead) wrasse Chelinus undulatus at Opal Reef Great Barrier Reef Australia
Photographer: David Doubilet
delicate plate corals on Opal Reef off Cairns Great Barrier Reef Australia
Photographer: David Doubilet
Maori (humphead) wrasse Chelinus undulatus at Opal Reef Great Barrier Reef Australia
Photographer: David Doubilet
Coral reef at Opal Reef, Great Barrier Reef.
Photographer: David Doubilet