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False Clown Anemonefish. The family home
Robust Ghost Pipefish pair, the female is the larger one, about three inches long.
Halimeda Ghost Pipefish, it's mimicking the Halimeda seaweed behind it as camouflage
Jellyfish Carry Crab. It has adapted hind legs and this one carries Upsidedown Jellyfish to
conceal itself, other species carry urchins or pieces of sponge.
Huge "Spanish Dancer" nudibranch, at least 12 inches long, most are a couple of inches or way
less.
"Spanish Dancer" nudibranch
And a little Emperor Shrimp, living on the nudibranch
Day Octopus, the largest and most commonly seen reef octopus, seen during the day (figures!)
which is unusual for what is normally a night animal
Marbled Ray--this was massive, at least five feet wide
Swirling schools of juvenile fish
Spotted Sweetlips with cleaner wrasse
Spotted Sweetlips with cleaner wrasse
Shortnose Hawkfish, found worldwide in temperate water
Longfin Spadefish with cleaner wrasse
Soft and hard corals, top of the reef
The fantastic numbers of swirling juvenile fish that live in the seafans and corals
Humphead Wrasse--big about three feet
Manta Ray--about 12 feet wide
Stonefish--a lurking ambusher. It's the size of a football and pretty much a huge mouth that can
devour anything smaller that swims too close.
Stonefish. Tough to photograph. There's a huge vertical mouth and an eye here. Barely
discernible as they just blend into the background. Venomous spines on the back have caused
deaths.
Frogfish, another ambush lurker.
Frogfish, can just open mouth and inhale what swims by.
Crocodile fish. Another bottom dwelling ambusher.
Tasseled Wobbegong Shark. The ultimate large ambush predator. The "beard" blurs it into the
background
This one is about six feet. Pretty much as big as they get. On my wish list for years!
Tasseled Wobbegong, Also known as "Carpet Sharks". Fringed, lay flat on the bottom, don't
move much...
Tasseled Wobbegong. The mouth is at least two feet wide
Raja Ampat, January 2016.
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Indonesia 2. The Bad.
Indonesia 3. The Ugly.
Indonesia 4. Nudibranchs.
Indonesia 5. Critters.
Great White Shark
St Vincent, 2009
Red Sea, Egypt 2009
Galapagos Underwater
Galapagos Land
Machias Seal Island, Maine. June 2010 and May 2019
St Kitts and Saba, August 2010
Philippines, Puerto Galera January 2011 Fish.
Philippines, Puerto Galera January 2011 Creatures
Fiji, May 2011. Beqa Reefs
Bali, Indonesia 2012. Fish.
Bali, Indonesia 2012. Behaviors and critters.
Bali, Indonesia 2012. Nudibranchs.
Blue Heron Bridge, Riviera Beach, Florida.
North Sulawesi 2013. Pipefish and Seahorses
North Sulawesi 2013. Fish
North Sulawesi 2013. Mostly Nudibranchs
North Sulawesi 2013. Crabs and Critters
North Sulawesi 2013. Cuttlefish and Octopus
Blue Heron Bridge, May 2013
Komodo, Indonesia. August 2014 and 2019 daytime
Komodo, Indonesia. August 2014, night dives
Philippines, Dumaguete 2015 Fish
Philippines Dumaguete 2015, Creatures and Critters
Dominica 2015 and 2017. Before Hurricane Maria
Raja Ampat, January 2016
Cayman Islands, October 2016
North Sulawesi 2017. Fish
North Sulawesi 2017, Creatures
Anilao, Philippines 2017. Fish
Anilao, Philippines 2017. Eels, Pipefish
Anilao, Philippines 2017. Crabs, shrimp, octopus.
Anilao, Philippines 2017. Nudibranchs.
Triton Bay, Indonesia. 2018
Villa Markisa, Tulamben. Bali, 2018. Fish and Creatures.
Villa Markisa, Tulamben. Bali, 2018. Nudibranchs.
Solomon Islands, April 2019
Siladen Resort. Siladen Island, Indonesia 2020
Coral Triangle. Things with stings.
Coral Triangle. Frogfish.
Coral Triangle. Crabs & Shrimp.
Coral Triangle. Cuttlefish, Octopi and Squid.
Coral Triangle Butterfly and Angelfish
Belize, October 2021.