The Colorful Fish of Fiji

12 photos of Fiji's most colorful and interesting fish flashing, yawning and displaying other great behaviors
By Andreas Goldhahn

The nation of Fiji is comprised of over three hundred beautiful islands in the South Pacific ocean. The unique topography, where towering green mountains drop straight into a crystal clear ocean fringed with coral reefs, has attracted tourists for decades. Newlyweds kick their feet up and watch sunset, surfers take shade inside racing emerald tubes and, most importantly for us, scuba divers and freedivers explore the reefs below the surface.

Names like the Bligh Waters, Namena, Beqa Lagoon and Taveuni roll off photographers' tongues inspiring the lust for adventure in those listening to their underwater tales.

Fiji has been written about so many times in so many dive magazines that photographer Andreas Goldhahn and I have decided to take a different approach in telling the story; we leave it to the photos. 

Be sure to read Part I of this series, The Vibrant Soft Corals of Fiji.

- Editors

 

Lyretail (aka Scalefin) Anthias (Pseudanthias squamipinnis)
Camera: Nikon D7200
Photo: Andreas Goldhahn

 

Yawning Damselfish
Camera: Nikon D7200
Photo: Andreas Goldhahn

Bigeye Trevally (Caranx sexfasciatus)
Camera: Nikon D7200
Photo: Andreas Goldhahn

 

Pink Skunk Anemonefish (Amphiprion perideraion)
Camera: Nikon D7200
Photo: Andreas Goldhahn

 

Palette Surgeonfish (Paracanthurus hepatus)
Camera: Nikon D7200
Photo: Andreas Goldhahn

 

Schooling Bannerfish (Heniochus diphreutes)
Camera: Nikon D7200
Photo: Andreas Goldhahn

 

 Orange Spotted (aka long nose) Filefish (Oxymonacanthus longirostris)
Camera: Nikon D7200
Photo: Andreas Goldhahn

 

 Leaf Scorpionfish (Taenianotus triacanthus)
Camera: Nikon D7200
Photo: Andreas Goldhahn

 

Mirrored wrasse movement
Camera: Nikon D7200
Photo: Andreas Goldhahn

Angelfish in profile
Camera: Nikon D7200
Photo: Andreas Goldhahn

Stocky Anthias (Pseudanthias hypselosoma)
Camera: Nikon D7200
Photo: Andreas Goldhahn

 

Grey Reef Shark (Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos)
Camera: Nikon D7200
Photo: Andreas Goldhahn

 

About the Photographer

Andreas Goldhahn is an underwater photographer based in Munich, Germany. An 8 year veteran shooter, Andreas has been traveling the world documenting the underwater world with both a Nikon D500 and Nikon D7200, accumulating over 500 dives in the process. You can see more of Andreas' work on his Facebook page.

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