Alex Mustard / Forster's hawkfish (Paracirrhites forsteri) on a coral reef. Jackson Reef, Tiran, Sinai, Egypt. Strait of Tiran, Gulf of Aqaba, Egypt.

Alex Mustard / Hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) feeding on soft coral (Litophyton arboreum) Nuweiba, Sinai, Egypt. Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea.

Alex Mustard / Male Bullethead parrotfish (Chlorurus sordidus) displaying in late afternoon. Ras Katy, Sinai, Egypt. Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea.

Alex Mustard / Red Sea anemonefish (Amphiprion bicinctus) in front of magnificent sea anemone. Anemone City, Ras Mohammed Marine Park, Sinai, Egypt. Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea.

Alex Mustard / Portrait of Bandcheek wrasse (Oxycheilinus digrammus) taken during the day. Anemone City, Ras Mohammed Marine Park, Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea. Sinai, Egypt.

Alex Mustard / Shallow coral reef flat with corals (Pocillopora damicornis, Acropora humilis and Pocillopora verrucosa) in evening light. Gordon Reef, Strait of Tiran, Sinai, Egypt. Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea.

Alex Mustard / Split level view of shallow coral reef in the Red Sea at sunset. Gordon Reef, Sinai, Egypt. Strait of Tiran, Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea.

Alex Mustard / Portrait of female Scalefin anthias (Pseudanthias squamipinnis) swimming in open water, Ras Katy. Sharm El Skeikh, Sinai, Egypt. Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea.

Alex Mustard / Male Scalefin anthias (Pseudanthias squamipinnis) swimming in open water, Ras Katy, Sharm El Sheikh, Sinai, Egypt. Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea

Alex Mustard / Portrait of male Scalefin anthias (Pseudanthias squamipinnis) swimming in open water, Ras Katy. Sharm El Skeikh, Sinai, Egypt. Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea.

Alex Mustard / Portrait of male Scalefin anthias (Pseudanthias squamipinnis) swimming in open water, to feed on plankton. Ras Katy, Sinai, Egypt. Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea.

Alex Mustard / Scalefin Anthias (Pseudanthias squamipinnis) swarm over coral reef, with Fire coral (Millepora dichotoma) in the Red Sea in the morning. Yolanda Reef, Ras Mohammed Marine Park, Sinai, Egypt. Gulf of A...

Linda Pitkin / Red Sea raccoon butterflyfish (Chaetodon fasciatus) Ras Katy, Gulf of Aqaba, Egypt, Red Sea.

Alex Mustard / Group of Circular spadefish (Platax orbicularis) gather at a cleaning station beneath a table coral (Acropora sp.) on a coral reef. Shark Reef, Ras Mohammed, Sinai, Egypt. Red Sea.

Alex Mustard / Colourful coral reef with Soft corals (Dendronephthya sp.) and Scalefin anthias (Pseudanthias squamipinnis). Ras Zat'ar, Ras Mohammed National Park, Sinai, Egypt. Red Sea.

Alex Mustard / Wide angle view of coral propagation table with mushroom corals (Herpolitha limax) Aqaba, Jordan. Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea.

Alex Mustard / Silversides (Atherinomorus lacunosus) school just below surface in evening light, Berenice Jetty, Aqaba, Jordan. Gulf of Aqaba, Jordan.

Alex Mustard / A diver (Eleonora Manca) examines a coral propagation table with cuttings of (Stylophora sp) Aqaba, Jordan. Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea. Model Released

Alex Mustard / Soft corals (Dendronephthya hemprichi) growing in very shallow water in the shade provided by a jetty, while a school of Silversides (Atherinomorus lacunosus) circle. Berenice Jetty, Aqaba, Jordan. Gu...

Alex Mustard / School of Silversides (Atherinomorus lacunosus) mass below a jetty, creating a false ceiling of fish. Berenice Jetty, Aqaba, Jordan. Gulf of Aqaba, Jordan.

Alex Mustard / Rich coral growth, with a pair of Exquiste butterflyfish (Chaetodon austriacus), flourishes beneath the barren desert cliffs in the Red Sea. Taken at sunset. Ras Katy, Sinai, Egypt. Gulf of Aqaba, Red...

Alex Mustard / Red sea anthias (Pseudanthias taeniatus). Aqaba, Jordan. Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea.

Alex Mustard / Scalefin anthias (Pseudanthias squamipinnis) male swimming in open water above a coral reef. Ras Katy. Sharm El Skeikh, Sinai, Egypt. Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea.

Alex Mustard / Hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) swimming along a coral reef wall, chewing on some coral. Jackson Reef, Sinai, Egypt. Strait of Tiran, Red Sea.

Alex Mustard / Exquiste butterflyfish (Chaetodon austriacus) swimming over coral looking for polyps to feed on. Ras Katy, Sharm El Sheikh, Sinai, Egypt. Red Sea.

Alex Mustard / Pair of Seamoths / Little dragonfish (Eurypegasus draconis) moving across pebbly seabed in shallow water. The larger male is on the left. Dahab, Sinai, Egypt. Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea.

Alex Mustard / Undulated moray (Gymnothorax undulatus) moves through soft corals (Litophyton arboreum) Nuweiba, Sinai, Egypt. Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea.

Alex Mustard / Spanish dancer nudibranch (Hexabranchus sanguineus) moves across coral reef in daylight. It is unusually to see this large nudibranch during daylight. Nuweiba, Sinai, Egypt. Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea.

Alex Mustard / Translucent goby (Bryaninops erythrops) rests on sponge (Pione vastifica) covered in spionid worms (Polydorella smurovi) Nuweiba, Sinai, Egypt. Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea.

Alex Mustard / Marbled snake eel (Callechelys marmoratus) thrusts its head out of sand, stiring up the sediment. Nuweiba, Sinai, Egypt. Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea.

Alex Mustard / Male Whitebellied damselfish (Amblyglyphidodon leucogaster) has three females simultaneously laying eggs in his nest. The small, white eggs are visible beneath the male, who is the fish furthest to th...

Alex Mustard / Portrait of Forster's hawkfish (Paracirrhites forsteri) against the blue. Ras Katy, Sinai, Egypt. Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea.

Alex Mustard / Portrait of female Scalefin anthias (Pseudanthias squamipinnis) feeding on zooplankton in open water. Ras Katy, Sinai, Egypt. Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea. Manipulated - canvas rotation and extension. No ch...

Alex Mustard / Portrait of male Scalefin anthias (Pseudanthias squamipinnis) swimming in open water to feed on plankton. Ras Katy, Sinai, Egypt. Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea.

Alex Mustard / Female Lionfish (Pterois volitans) on coral reef. Jackfish Alley, Ras Mohammed Marine Park, Sinai, Egypt. Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea.

Alex Mustard / Portrait of Domino damselfish (Dascyllus trimaculatus) over coral head (Acropora lamarkii) Ras Katy, Sinai, Egypt. Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea.

Alex Mustard / Lionfish (Pterois volitans) swimming over bed of seagrass at sunset. Ras Katy, Sinai, Egypt. Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea.

Alex Mustard / Bed of Clump seagrass (Cymodocea serrulata) in late afternoon. Ras Katy, Sinai, Egypt. Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea.

Alex Mustard / Portrait of Red Sea racoon butterflyfish (Chaetodon fasciatus) swimming over coral reef. Ras Um Sid, Sinai, Egypt. Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea.

Alex Mustard / Portrait of two band anemonefish (Amphiprion bicinctus), endemic to the Red Sea. Sharm El Sheikh, Sinai, Egypt. Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea.

Alex Mustard / Threadfin butterflyfish (Chaetodon auriga) feeding on ctenophore jellyfish. Sharm El Shiekh, Sinai, Egypt. Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea.

Alex Mustard / Smaller female Coral grouper (Cephalopholis miniata) flashes her submissive lighter colouration at larger, darker male. Jackson Reef, Strait of Tiran, Sinai, Egypt. Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea.

Alex Mustard / Diver swimming along reef, above soft coral (Dendronephthya klunzingeri) Jackson Reef, Strait of Tiran, Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea. Sinai Egypt.

Alex Mustard / Pair of Masked butterflyfish (Chaetodon semilarvatus) in shallow channel at the edge of coral reef. These fish are endemic to the Red Sea. Jackson Reef, Strait of Tiran, Sinai, Egypt. Gulf of Aqaba, R...

Alex Mustard / Portrait of face of male Broomtail wrasse (Cheilinus lunulatus) Sharm El Sheikh, Sinai, Egypt. Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea.

Alex Mustard / Spawning pair of Domino damselfish (Dascyllus trimaculatus) The female is in front, the male is behind and his head has gone almost white during the spawning. He will guard the eggs until they hatch....

Alex Mustard / Red Sea bannerfish (Heniochus intermedius) swimming in open water. Ras Katy. Sharm El Skeikh, Sinai, Egypt. Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea.

Alex Mustard / Scale fin anthias (Pseudanthias squamipinnis) swarm over coral reef with fire coral (Millepora dichotoma) in the Red Sea in the morning. Ras Mohammed Marine Park, Sinai, Egypt. Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea.

Alex Mustard / Blue-striped fangblenny (Plagiotremus rhinorhynchos) peeking out of its hole in coral reef. These small fish live in holes but dart out to eat the scales from other fish. Sinai, Egypt. Gulf of Aqaba,...

Alex Mustard / Klunzinger's wrasse (Thalassoma klunzingeri) swimming over the edge of fringing reef where the water depth drops instantly from few feet to hundreds of meters. Ras Mohammed Marine Park, Sinai, Egypt....

Alex Mustard / Porcupinefish (Diodon hystrix) sheltering within man-made structure in Na'ama Bay, Sharm El Sheikh, Sinai, Egypt. Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea.

Alex Mustard / Soft coral (Dendronephthya hemprichi) on coral reef, Strait of Tiran. Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea. Sinai, Egypt.

Alex Mustard / Red Sea squat lobster (Galathea sp.) on Firecoral (Millepora dichotoma) at night. Ras Katy, Sharm El Shiekh, Sinai, Egypt. Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea.

Alex Mustard / Red spotted coral crab (Trapezia rufopunctata) sheltering inside Coral (Pocillopora sp.) at night. Ras Katy, Sharm El Shiekh, Sinai, Egypt. Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea.

Alex Mustard / Portrait of male Scalefin anthias (Pseudanthias squamipinnis), showing colouration indicating it is part way from turning from female, swimming in open water, with bokeh effect from sunset, The Altern...

Alex Mustard / Portrait of Chiseltooth wrasse (Pseudodax moluccanus) on Red Sea coral reef. Jackson Reef, Strait of Tiran, Sinai, Egypt. Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea.

Alex Mustard / Male Zebra angelfish (Genicanthus caudovittatus) on Red Sea coral reef. Jackson Reef, Strait of Tiran, Sinai, Egypt. Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea.

Alex Mustard / Portrait of face of male Slingjaw wrasse (Epibulus insidiator) Ras Umm Sid, Sharm El Sheikh, Sinai, Egypt. Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea.

Alex Mustard / Portrait of Red Sea anemonefish (Amphiprion bicinctus) Ras Umm Sid, Sharm El Sheikh, Sinai, Egypt. Gulf of Aqaba

Alex Mustard / Portrait of male Scalefin anthias (Pseudanthias squamipinnis) swimming in open water above coral reef, with bokeh effect in water from the sunset. The Alternatives, Sinai, Egypt. Gulf of Aqaba, Red Se...

Alex Mustard / Bluespotted stingray (Taeniura lymma) disguised as it lays buried in sand. Na'ama Bay, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea.

Francis Abbott / The arid mountains of the Sinai reach the shores of the Gulf of Aqaba, Sinai Peninsula, Egypt. It is mid August and the dust filled air is at 50 degrees centigrade.

GEORGETTE DOUWMA / Two bar anemonefish juvenile {Amphiprion bicinctus} amongst tentacles of anemone, Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea

GEORGETTE DOUWMA / Peter Scoones filming underwater with Betacam SP in Gulf of Aqaba, 1994

Jeff Rotman / Bigeye / Iago houndshark {Iago omanensis} on seabed at 500m, Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea.

Alex Mustard / Yellowmouth moray (Gymnothorax nudivomer) on a coral reef, Jordan. Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea.

Alex Mustard / Lionfish (Pterois volitans) chasing a school of Hardyhead silverside (Atherinomorus lacunosus) beneath Berenice Jetty, Gulf of Aqaba, Jordan.

Alex Mustard / Diverse hard coral growth (Pocillopora damicornis, Pocillopora verrucosa and Millepora dichotoma), flourishes beneath the barren desert cliffs in the Red Sea. Ras Katy, Sinai, Egypt. Gulf of Aqaba, Re...