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Last year I posted a jawfish with eggs that were about to hatch. This is the same jawfish shot a few days earlier just after the eggs were laid. From Little Cayman Island. Nikon D200 with 105mm lens.
By Jim Chambers
posted Friday, April 18, 2008
75 votes

Anemone Shrimp (Periclimenes holthuisi) from Anilao.
By Jim Chambers
posted Friday, February 20, 2009
72 votes

Colorful anemone shrimp from Anilao.
By Jim Chambers
posted Saturday, June 21, 2008
52 votes

Armina sp. flatworm from Dauin, Philippines.
By Jim Chambers
posted Tuesday, July 22, 2008
52 votes

I was very fortunate to see these two Black-Saddled Tobies spiraling upward in a mating ritual. I got a sequence of about a dozen shots before the action ended. Dauin, Philippines.
By Jim Chambers
posted Tuesday, June 17, 2008
49 votes

Squat Hairy Lobster on a barrel sponge in Anilao, Philippines.
By Jim Chambers
posted Sunday, May 25, 2008
48 votes

Head-on and up close view of a little Saddled Blenny. Nikon D200 with 60mm lens.
By Jim Chambers
posted Wednesday, August 23, 2006
47 votes

This Black Grouper had pulled into a cleaning station, and the little cleaner fish were already at work. Nikon D70 with 60mm lens.
By Jim Chambers
posted Sunday, September 3, 2006
45 votes

A lot of searching and a lot of luck to find this male Yellowhead Jawfish incubating eggs on Little Cayman Island, BWI. The eggs are just about to hatch.
By Jim Chambers
posted Wednesday, December 26, 2007
45 votes

Mandarinfish from Puerto Galera, Philippines. Nikon D200 with 60mm lens.
By Jim Chambers
posted Friday, June 6, 2008
43 votes
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Portrait of a White Grunt (Haemulon plumierii) on Little Cayman. I was fortunate to see this one, since the French Grunt and Bluestriped Grunt are much more commonly seen.
Divemaster pointing to a small Shortfin Pipefish (Cosmocampus elucens). Note: The fish was not touched. The divemaster put his finger in the picture to show the scale.
Solitary Gorgonian Hydroid (Ralpharia gorgoniae) on Little Cayman. This is a fairly rare creature in the Caymans, and I was very fortunate for the divemaster to spot this specimen.
Sun Anemone Shrimp (Periclimenes rathbunae) from Bonaire.
Pipehorse (Acentronura dendritica) from the Cayman Islands. This rare animal is a cousin to a seahorse. It was a great find.
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Colorful Nembrotha chamberlaini in Anilao.
Nembrotha lineolata from Anilao.
Juvenile Silver Sweetlips (Diagramma pictum) in Anilao. This species has many juvenile and sub-adult forms, which can make identification a bit tricky.
A little Molly Miller blenny (Scartella crispata) from Anilao, Philippines.
Bodega Bay on the northern California coast. This was the setting for Alfred Hitchcock's 1963 movie "The Birds."
Pretty little Hypselodoris obscura from Anilao, Philippines.
When I looked closely at my photo of a Nassau Grouper's eye, I noticed what looked like tiny parasites around the eye. A marine biologist who saw the photo identified the parasites as Excorallana tricornis tricornis. A rare find!
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Beautiful sea glass beach in Bermuda. Sea glass, also called mermaid's tears, is broken ceramics (bottles, plates, etc.) that have scoured along the bottom of the sea for years before landing on a beach.
Little Ghost Crab on Little Cayman Island, BWI.
Ribbon of Nudibranch eggs in Anilao, Philippines.
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Juvenile Three-Spot Dascyllus (Dascyllus trimaculatus) in Anilao.
Scorpionfish from Puerto Galera, Philippines.
Cardinalfish from Anilao.
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Pretty little Dwarf Hawkfish (Cirrhitichthys falco) in Puerto Galera, Philippines.
Squat Crinoid Lobster (Allogalathea elegans), aka Elegant Squat Lobster. Photographed in Dauin, Philippines.
Hi there! Eel from Anilao, Philippines.
Spotfin Lionfish (Pterois antennata) in Anilao, Philippines. Much smaller than the common lionfish (Pterois volitans), these are really pretty fish.
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Juvenile Three-Spot Dascyllus (Dascyllus trimaculatus) in Puerto Galera, Philippines.
Mimic Octopus (Thaumoctopus mimicus) from Secret Bay in Anilao. Seeing this fellow was a thrill!
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Doesn't he know, horizontal stripes make you look fat!
Close-up of Black-Saddled Toby (Canthigaster valentini) in Anilao.
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Armina sp. flatworm from Dauin, Philippines.
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Crinoid about to make the big leap.
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