Biologist taking skin sample from a whale shark to determine what plankton types the animal has been feeding on, Yum Balam Marine Protected Area, Quintana Roo, Mexico, North America

Fish Skin under a Jetty, Ambon, Moluccas, Indonesia

Fish Skin under a Jetty, Ambon, Moluccas, Indonesia

Detail of the eye of a blue-spotted pufferfish, Arothron caeruleopunctatus, in Alor, Indonesia.

Guadalupe fur seals (Arctocephalus townsendi), underwater on Las Animas Island, Baja California Sur, Sea of Cortez, Mexico, North America

Freshly-caught mackerel fish on sale at food market at La Reole in Bordeaux region of France

Freshly-caught red fish, Grondin, on sale at food market at La Reole in Bordeaux region of France

Freshly-caught eels, anguilles, on sale at food market at La Reole in Bordeaux region of France

Tasseled Scorpionfish (Scorpaenopsis oxycephala). Gorontalo, Sulawesi, Indonesia

Eurasian river otter (Lutra lutra) eating Greater spotted dogfish (Scyliorhinus stellaris). The otter took only the innards of the dogfish by opening a short section of skin behind the pectoral fin (see images under 'Greater spotted dogfish'). The rest of the fish, still alive, was left on the shore and never retrieved. Perhaps the tough shark skin and battling fish are too much work when other food is plentiful? Hebrides, Scotland

Blackbanded Jack (Seriolina nigrofasciata) the same individuals as in 8350, showing their ability to blend skin colour changes for camouflage purpose. Red Sea.

A tagged Blue marlin gasps for air. The Marlin has damaged skin and eyes from being tagged and released a few too many times. Vava'u Tonga in the South Pacific

Map puffer (Arothron mappa) eye and skin texture detail, Malapascua, Cebu, Philippines, Visayan Sea, Southeast Asia, Asia

Garibaldi (Hypsipops rubicunda). USA, Channel Islands, CA

Parrot fish sp.

Bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) Pembrokeshire, Wales, Animal Abstract

mackerel scales, Pembrokeshire, Wales, Animal Abstract (rr)

mackerel scales, Pembrokeshire, Wales, Animal Abstract

Close Up of Fish eye (Species unknown). Seychelles (RR)

Garibaldi (Hypsypops rubicundus). USA, Channel Islands, CA

Sandeel, Pembrokeshire, Wales, Animal Abstract (rr)

Bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) Pembrokeshire, Wales, Animal Abstract (rr)

Eurasian river otter (Lutra lutra) having caught Greater spotted dogfish (Scyliorhinus stellaris). The otter took only the innards of the dogfish by opening a short section of skin behind the pectoral fin (see images under 'Greater spotted dogfish'). The rest of the fish, still alive, was left on the shore and never retrieved. Perhaps the tough shark skin and battling fish are too much work when other food is plentiful? Hebrides, Scotland

Bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) Pembrokeshire, Wales, Animal Abstract (rr)

Swell shark, close-up of eye (Cephaloscyllium ventrosum). USA, Channel Islands, CA

Ballan Wrasse, Labrus bergylta, Pembrokeshire, Wales, Animal Abstract

Scuba diver handles nurse shark, Ginglymostoma cirratum, Molasses Reef, Key Largo, Florida, USA, Atlantic Ocean

Feet, fish massage

breeding pond fishing

Large school of Crescent tail bigeye with vivid red coloured skin.

Whale shark (Rhincodon thypus) and skin diver, La Paz, Baja California, Mexico, Sea of Cortez, North America

Skin Diving with colorfully Fishes, Micronesia, Palau