Plate 49
  • PAL0049. famous Rock Islands of Palau; limestone islands have been cut into strange mushroom-shaped formations; aerial view
Plate 50
  • PAL0050. (PAL50) ENVIRONMENT: crown-of-thorns starfish (Acanthaster planci), feeds on the polyps of coral; leaves behind bleached skeleton; Palau
Plate 51
  • PAL0051. (SHS19) CAMOUFLAGE: robust ghost pipefish Solenostomus sp.; looks like a piece of eelgrass or seaweed; Palau
Plate 52
  • PAL0052. BEHAVIOR: mated pair of pink anemonefish; Amphiprion perideraion; guard eggs at base of anemone; Palau
Plate 53
  • PAL0053. mandarinfish (Synchiropus splendidus), displaying mating colors, colorful dragonets only come out at dusk, Palau
Plate 54
  • PAL0054. juvenile batfish (Platax sp.), changes shape when adult, Palau
Plate 55
  • PAL0055. giant yellowmargin triggerfish; Pseudobalistes flavimarginatus; guarding nest, will attack divers; Palau
Plate 56
  • PAL0056. green turtle; endangered; Chelonia mydas; Palau
Plate 57
  • PAL0057. snappers mating, shoot off clouds of spawn off coral reef edge, Palau
Plate 58
  • PAL0058. chub mating, shoot off clouds of spawn off coral reef edge, Palau
Plate 59
  • PAL0059. diver in school of chub mating (Peter Brueggeman, MR avail), shoot off clouds of spawn off coral reef edge, Palau
Plate 60
  • PAL0060. diver (Peter Brueggeman, MR avail) in school of pyramid butterflyfish (Hemitaurichthys polylepis), Palau