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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 (5 days ago)
5 votes

Hypselodoris bullokii nudibranch_March 2024 (CanonEF100,1/200,f16,iso100)
By Antonio Venturelli
posted (5 days ago)
2 votes

sepiola hiding and modulating chromatophores
By Michele Lazzari
posted 03:00 CST Today (14 hours ago)
2 votes

Thuridilla hopei_October 2024 (CanonEF100,1/200,f14,iso100)
By Antonio Venturelli
posted (6 days ago)
1 votes

collors
By Marc Van Den Broeck
posted (5 days ago)
1 votes

Pterois miles Please Help!I'm falling.
By Cumhur Gedikoglu
posted (3 days ago)
1 votes


By Salvatore Lauro
posted Yesterday
1 votes

Octopus vulgaris
By Cumhur Gedikoglu
posted 02:01 CST Today (15 hours ago)
1 votes

eyes
By Marc Van Den Broeck
posted (5 days ago)
0 votes

Goniobranchus collingwoodi nudibranch ( named also G. tumulifera) _February 2024 (Canon EF100,1/200,f16,iso100)
By Antonio Venturelli
posted (3 days ago)
0 votes
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shots taken bodies of water with no salt e.g. in lakes, streams, pools, rivers i.e NOT the Sea!
From Sakaryabasi /Eskisehir by Alp Baranok
From Sakaryabasi /Eskisehir
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21 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, December 28, 2013
date posted category: Freshwater
date posted location: Turkey
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Sturgeon & Diver. Jackdaw Quarry, Lancashire. by Mark Thomas
Sturgeon & Diver.
Jackdaw Quarry, Lancashire.
22 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, December 27, 2013
date posted category: Freshwater
date posted location: United Kingdom
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Not photographed very much, this is called an Oarsman or ... by Steven Miller
Not photographed very much, this is called an Oarsman or a Boatman, they look like a rowboat when they move. Around a half inch long, this one is upside down on a lilly leaf, (notice the bubbles) 60mm macro lens
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24 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 26, 2013
date posted category: Freshwater
date posted location: United States
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Buddy Sven :-D by Daniel Strub
Buddy Sven big grin
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17 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 26, 2013
date posted category: Freshwater
date posted location: Switzerland
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Freshwater perch eye. Nikon D80 with 105 mm macro with du... by Robert Michaelson
Freshwater perch eye. Nikon D80 with 105 mm macro with dual strobes. 1/125 at f22. Comal River New Braunfels, TX.
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 25, 2013
date posted category: Freshwater
date posted location: United States
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Friendly Manatee in 3 sisters Florida by Steven Miller
Friendly Manatee in 3 sisters Florida
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16 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 24, 2013
date posted category: Freshwater
date posted location: United States
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American Paddlefish under the ice in my pool by Steven Miller
American Paddlefish under the ice in my pool
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28 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 24, 2013
date posted category: Freshwater
date posted location: United States
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Day shaft in a chalc mine. Taken with Canon REbell and 18... by Pontus Svanberg
Day shaft in a chalc mine. Taken with Canon REbell and 18-55 standard optic in a Nimar housing.
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 24, 2013
date posted category: Freshwater
date posted location: Sweden
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One of my top encounters in 2013! This female manatee fol... by Ellen Cuylaerts
One of my top encounters in 2013! This female manatee followed me around for 2 hours, photobombed us, really encouraging interaction. You're not allowed to touch...unless they initiate. I tried this selfie and she stayed with me. Priceless!
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Great shot with a nice story behind it of a friendly Manatee.
46 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, December 23, 2013
date posted category: Freshwater
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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Fish Soup ,at a Mountian lake in 'Austria by Michael Weberberger
Fish Soup ,at a Mountian lake in 'Austria
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32 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 22, 2013
date posted category: Freshwater
date posted location: Austria
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Freediver by Lucie Drlikova
Freediver
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43 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, December 20, 2013
date posted category: Freshwater
date posted location: Mexico
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Catfish :-D by Daniel Strub
Catfish big grin
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16 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 19, 2013
date posted category: Freshwater
date posted location: Switzerland
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Ballerina by Girts Kravalis
Ballerina
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 17, 2013
date posted category: Freshwater
date posted location: Latvia
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From Sakaryabasi/Eskisehir by Alp Baranok
From Sakaryabasi/Eskisehir
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22 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 17, 2013
date posted category: Freshwater
date posted location: Turkey
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Zebra Mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) with Hydras by Viktor Vrbovský
Zebra Mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) with Hydras
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 12, 2013
date posted category: Freshwater
date posted location: Czech Republic
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Eye to compound eye with the crayfish (Astacus astacus) by Viktor Vrbovský
Eye to compound eye with the crayfish (Astacus astacus)
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, December 9, 2013
date posted category: Freshwater
date posted location: Czech Republic
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Wels catfish :-D by Daniel Strub
Wels catfish big grin
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, December 9, 2013
date posted category: Freshwater
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Plants and Water, Las Estacas Mexico by Alejandro Topete
Plants and Water, Las Estacas Mexico
22 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, December 6, 2013
date posted category: Freshwater
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Mexico
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Portrait of a manatee by Ellen Cuylaerts
Portrait of a manatee
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46 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, December 6, 2013
date posted category: Freshwater
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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This isn't so much a contest entry as to share an image o... by Robert Michaelson
This isn't so much a contest entry as to share an image of the Fountain Darter. An endangered species found only in the 2 mile long Comal River and San Marcos River headwaters in Texas.
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, December 6, 2013
date posted category: Freshwater
date posted location: United States
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Buddy Sven facin a 2m Wels Catfish :-D by Daniel Strub
Buddy Sven facin a 2m Wels Catfish big grin
21 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 4, 2013
date posted category: Freshwater
date posted location: Switzerland
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Manatee kid by Uwe Schmolke
Manatee kid
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16 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 4, 2013
date posted category: Freshwater
date posted location: Landlocked Seas/Lakes United States
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Close Up fish, Las Estacas Mexico by Alejandro Topete
Close Up fish, Las Estacas Mexico
25 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, December 2, 2013
date posted category: Freshwater
date posted location: Mexico
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The eye of the crayfish :-) by Viktor Vrbovský
The eye of the crayfish :-)
24 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, December 2, 2013
date posted category: Freshwater
date posted location: Czech Republic
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Freshwater Perch in the Comal River, New Braunfels Texas.... by Robert Michaelson
Freshwater Perch in the Comal River, New Braunfels Texas. I like that you can see the built in swim goggles fish have.
22 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, December 2, 2013
date posted category: Freshwater
date posted location: United States
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European Brook Lamprey (Lampetra planeri) - grupensex in ... by Viktor Vrbovský
European Brook Lamprey (Lampetra planeri) - grupensex in the stream :-)
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17 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 1, 2013
date posted category: Freshwater
date posted location: Czech Republic
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Pike in the mirror by Viktor Vrbovský
Pike in the mirror
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24 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 1, 2013
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