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Stargazer - slightly ugly fish -
By Bill Van Eyk
posted Sunday, October 9, 2011
28 votes

Weedy sea dragon at Flinders pier
By Bill Van Eyk
posted Sunday, October 16, 2011
25 votes

Porcupine fish with a shrimp on its nose. Never seen this before, it's probably just coincidental. But, it may be cleaning its left eye socket as it appears hollow. Once the shrimp swam away the socket and eye looked normal.
By Bill Van Eyk
posted Monday, October 17, 2011
22 votes

Mantis Shrimp
By Bill Van Eyk
posted Monday, December 19, 2011
22 votes

The Southern Hulafish (Trachinops caudimaculatus) is a temperate water fish species is a member of the family Plesiopidae which includes the ‘Blue Devils’ and ‘Hulafishes’.
By Bill Van Eyk
posted Monday, February 27, 2012
22 votes

Squid twins
By Bill Van Eyk
posted Wednesday, March 14, 2012
22 votes

Flatworm, Heron Island
By Bill Van Eyk
posted Tuesday, October 18, 2011
20 votes

Close up of a crown of thorns starfish
By Bill Van Eyk
posted Wednesday, January 11, 2012
19 votes

Unfolded crinoid close up
By Bill Van Eyk
posted Wednesday, May 1, 2013
19 votes

Manta Ray playing at Lady Elliot Island
By Bill Van Eyk
posted Wednesday, October 12, 2011
18 votes
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The Southern Hulafish (Trachinops caudimaculatus) is a te... by Bill Van Eyk
The Southern Hulafish (Trachinops caudimaculatus) is a temperate water fish species is a member of the family Plesiopidae which includes the ‘Blue Devils’ and ‘Hulafishes’.
22 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, February 27, 2012
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Australia
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Calamari Swimming in formation - by Bill Van Eyk
Calamari Swimming in formation -
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 26, 2012
date posted category: Temperate Waters
date posted location: Australia
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Snapping shrimp - true it snapped me! Alpheus sp. by Bill Van Eyk
Snapping shrimp - true it snapped me! Alpheus sp.
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, February 21, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Australia
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Flathead sitting still in lettuce seaweed. by Bill Van Eyk
Flathead sitting still in lettuce seaweed.
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 19, 2012
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Australia
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Small snapper shrimp; Alpheus novaezealandiae. Snapping s... by Bill Van Eyk
Small snapper shrimp; Alpheus novaezealandiae. Snapping shrimps or pistol shrimps are immediately distinguished from other families by having one claw much larger than the other, the larger claw cylindrical and with a parrot-beak-like finger.
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, February 15, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Australia
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Ricketts Point, snapping shrimp-Alpheus sp. : The fingers... by Bill Van Eyk
Ricketts Point, snapping shrimp-Alpheus sp. : The fingers at the end of the larger claw are used to make a loud snapping noise to stun prey and scare divers! Not much is know about this species.
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, February 7, 2012
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Australia
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Banjo shark (fiddler ray) -Trygonorrhina‑fasciata - posin... by Bill Van Eyk
Banjo shark (fiddler ray) -Trygonorrhina‑fasciata - posing quietly for this shot. Ricketts Point Melbourne
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15 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, February 4, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Australia
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Crinoid by Bill Van Eyk
Crinoid
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, February 3, 2012
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Australia
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Eco resort Lady Elliott Island - by Bill Van Eyk
Eco resort Lady Elliott Island -
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, February 1, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Australia
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Squid under pier during daytime with flash. by Bill Van Eyk
Squid under pier during daytime with flash.
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, January 30, 2012
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Australia
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A lonely octopus sitting in an old tire: Octopus pallidus by Bill Van Eyk
A lonely octopus sitting in an old tire: Octopus pallidus
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, January 19, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Australia
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Close up of "gills" of Chromodoris tinctura by Bill Van Eyk
Close up of "gills" of Chromodoris tinctura
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, January 16, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Australia
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Flatworm at Heron Island by Bill Van Eyk
Flatworm at Heron Island
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, January 12, 2012
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Australia
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Close up of a crown of thorns starfish by Bill Van Eyk
Close up of a crown of thorns starfish
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, January 11, 2012
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Australia
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Sharks quietly circling unperturbed rabbit fish, early in... by Bill Van Eyk
Sharks quietly circling unperturbed rabbit fish, early in the morning
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, January 9, 2012
date posted category: Sharks
date posted location: Australia
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Angler fish - great camouflage look for the eye by Bill Van Eyk
Angler fish - great camouflage look for the eye
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, January 5, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Australia
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Stingray stampede at Heron Island. by Bill Van Eyk
Stingray stampede at Heron Island.
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, December 30, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: Australia
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Photo taken while free diving. All of the sudden a schoo... by Bill Van Eyk
Photo taken while free diving. All of the sudden a school of stingrays appeared and swam around for maybe ten minutes or so.
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 29, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: Australia
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Juvenile stingray with sea lice on its wings. It appeare... by Bill Van Eyk
Juvenile stingray with sea lice on its wings. It appeared to be severely affected by the lice and looked emaciated.
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 25, 2011
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Australia
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Small marine insect - can anybody ID? Image taken about 1... by Bill Van Eyk
Small marine insect - can anybody ID? Image taken about 1 meter deep.
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, December 23, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Australia
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Mantis Shrimp by Bill Van Eyk
Mantis Shrimp
22 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, December 19, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Australia
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Big Belly Seahorse Posing by Bill Van Eyk
Big Belly Seahorse Posing
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 14, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Australia
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Ceratosoma amoenum by Bill Van Eyk
Ceratosoma amoenum
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, December 9, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Australia
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Chromodoris tinctoria by Bill Van Eyk
Chromodoris tinctoria
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, December 5, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Australia
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Leatherjacket, trying to blend in with orange sponges. Th... by Bill Van Eyk
Leatherjacket, trying to blend in with orange sponges. This photo taken as it turned around a pylon.
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, December 3, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Australia
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Very small (10mm) Phyllodesmium serratum, grazing on a se... by Bill Van Eyk
Very small (10mm) Phyllodesmium serratum, grazing on a sea-squirt "inlet".
It looked like a fungus at first sight but when I looked closer it appeared a tiny nudibranch.
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 1, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Australia
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Another weedy seadragon male with eggs under the pier. S... by Bill Van Eyk
Another weedy seadragon male with eggs under the pier. Slightly closer up.
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, November 21, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Australia
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