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2024 has been the year of the bait ball in Bonaire. This tired turtle is looking for a place to rest, oblivious of the cyclone of big eye scan just meters away. Shot with a Nikon Z8/Nauticam housing/INON z330 strobes.
By Leslie Howell
posted (2 days ago)
4 votes

Cirkewwa Marine Park
By Pieter Firlefyn
posted (4 days ago)
2 votes

Cratena nudibranch_September2024 (CanonEF100,1/200,f16,iso100)
By Antonio Venturelli
posted (5 days ago)
1 votes

Thuridilla hopei_October 2024 (CanonEF100,1/200,f14,iso100)
By Antonio Venturelli
posted (3 days ago)
1 votes

Hypselodoris bullokii nudibranch_March 2024 (CanonEF100,1/200,f16,iso100)
By Antonio Venturelli
posted (2 days ago)
1 votes

collors
By Marc Van Den Broeck
posted (2 days ago)
1 votes

eyes
By Marc Van Den Broeck
posted (2 days ago)
0 votes

Goniobranchus collingwoodi nudibranch ( named also G. tumulifera) _February 2024 (Canon EF100,1/200,f16,iso100)
By Antonio Venturelli
posted Monday, December 23, 2024
0 votes

Pterois miles Please Help!I'm falling.
By Cumhur Gedikoglu
posted 09:21 CST Today (10 hours ago)
0 votes

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Smaller subjects typically 1 to 3 inches (2.5 to 7.5cm) shot on macro settings or with macro equipment that are in MID WATER not touching anything (i.e. between 1:1 and 1:3)
A Mnemiopsis leidyi in the sunlight by Rune Edvin Haldorsen
A Mnemiopsis leidyi in the sunlight
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10 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, September 24, 2021
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: North Sea Norway
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Tiny anemonefish (~5mm) by Julian Hsu
Tiny anemonefish (~5mm)
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date posted posted: Thursday, September 23, 2021
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: South China Sea Taiwan
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Triggerfish makes attack by Aleksander Kuznetsov
Triggerfish makes attack
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date posted posted: Thursday, September 23, 2021
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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The tentacled flathead (Papilloculiceps longiceps) or cro... by Aleksander Kuznetsov
The tentacled flathead (Papilloculiceps longiceps) or crocodilefish is a flathead within the order Scorpaeniformes, an order which also includes the scorpionfishes and stonefishes. It is found in the Western Indian Ocean; the Red Sea. The species now
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date posted posted: Monday, September 20, 2021
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Yellow Goby by Rudy Janssen
Yellow Goby
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date posted posted: Monday, September 13, 2021
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Spain
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Yellowbar angelfish is interesting by Aleksander Kuznetsov
Yellowbar angelfish is interesting
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date posted posted: Tuesday, September 7, 2021
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Spotbase burrfish.Cyclichthys spilostylus, known commonly... by Aleksander Kuznetsov
Spotbase burrfish.Cyclichthys spilostylus, known commonly as the spotbase burrfish or yellowspotted burrfish, is a species of marine fish in the family Diodontidae
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date posted posted: Thursday, September 2, 2021
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Juvenile emperor fish by Kelvin H.y Tan
Juvenile emperor fish
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7 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 31, 2021
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Juvenile banded driftfish (Psenes arafurensis) bwd by Lars Oliver Michaelis
Juvenile banded driftfish (Psenes arafurensis)
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17 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, August 30, 2021
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Visayan Sea Philippines
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Spotbase burrfish rests in him den by Aleksander Kuznetsov
Spotbase burrfish rests in him den
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 26, 2021
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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A juvenile lumpsucker on a piece of sugar kelp by Rune Edvin Haldorsen
A juvenile lumpsucker on a piece of sugar kelp
4 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 12, 2021
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: North Sea Norway
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Fire dartgoby by Kelvin H.y Tan
Fire dartgoby
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date posted posted: Monday, August 9, 2021
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Sea of Japan Japan
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This juvenile Trunkfish was about the size of a pea. It ... by Leslie Howell
This juvenile Trunkfish was about the size of a pea. It was pretty active, darting in and out of the coral head, but it finally settled down enough for me to get this shot head on. Nikon D850, Nauticam housing, INON z330 strobes.
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date posted posted: Sunday, August 8, 2021
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Gulf of Venezuela Netherlands Antilles
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Yasha goby, common in/ near japan but not elsewhere by Kelvin H.y. Tan
Yasha goby, common in/ near japan but not elsewhere
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date posted posted: Friday, August 6, 2021
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Sea of Japan Japan
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Hawaiian Whitespotted Toby, a common fish on the reefs in... by Stuart Ganz
Hawaiian Whitespotted Toby, a common fish on the reefs in Hawaii
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9 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 28, 2021
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Pacific United States
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gramma loreto, canon 60D, canon lens 100mm, two ikelite s... by Noel Lopez
gramma loreto, canon 60D, canon lens 100mm, two ikelite subtrobe DS 125, seam housing. cuba , gardens of the queen.
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date posted posted: Sunday, May 2, 2021
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cuba
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Clownfish with Retra snoot by Magali Marquez
Clownfish with Retra snoot
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date posted posted: Monday, March 1, 2021
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Juvenile octopus Bonfire Aguadilla Puerto Rico by Magali Marquez
Juvenile octopus
Bonfire Aguadilla Puerto Rico
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date posted posted: Saturday, February 20, 2021
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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Reef squid presenting its colourful luminescent skin. by Luca Keller
Reef squid presenting its colourful luminescent skin.
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date posted posted: Monday, February 15, 2021
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Octopus larva stage Bonfire diving Aguadilla Puerto Rico by Magali Marquez
Octopus larva stage
Bonfire diving
Aguadilla Puerto Rico
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date posted posted: Saturday, February 13, 2021
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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A little cuttlefish hovering in front of my lens. by Luca Keller
A little cuttlefish hovering in front of my lens.
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date posted posted: Friday, February 12, 2021
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Small Crab Megalopa larva Nikon D7200 Sea&Sea YS-D2, Z... by Magali Marquez
Small Crab Megalopa larva
Nikon D7200
Sea&Sea YS-D2, Z330
Tamron 60mm
Bonfire Aguadilla Puerto Rico
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, February 3, 2021
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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Juvenile Octopus Bonfire Aguadilla Puerto Rico by Magali Marquez
Juvenile Octopus
Bonfire
Aguadilla Puerto Rico
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date posted posted: Saturday, January 23, 2021
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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Floating in space Mantis Shrimp Larvae stage Bonfire ... by Magali Marquez
Floating in space
Mantis Shrimp Larvae stage
Bonfire Aguadilla Puerto Rico
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date posted posted: Monday, January 18, 2021
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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Larval banded coral shrimp (Stenopus hispidus) Bonfire ... by Magali Marquez
Larval banded coral shrimp (Stenopus hispidus)
Bonfire
Aguadilla Puerto Rico
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 22, 2020
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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Pelagic snail Bonfire Aguadilla Puerto Rico by Magali Marquez
Pelagic snail
Bonfire Aguadilla Puerto Rico
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 20, 2020
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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squid,sony A6300.16-50mm Sony Lens at 16mm,two sea & sea ... by Noel Lopez
squid,sony A6300.16-50mm Sony Lens at 16mm,two sea & sea flash,Fantasea Housing.Gardens of the queen,cuba,dive site "Anclitas",between 7 and 16meters.
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date posted posted: Friday, December 18, 2020
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cuba
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