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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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68 Entries Found: Page 1  of  3
Weedy sea-dragon under Flinders pier
Flinders pier, Shaw's Cowfish Aracana aurita
ascidian, Banksia Sea Squirt (Sycozoa pulchra)
Looking up at a diver at Lady Elliott Island near Hervey Bay Queensland Australia
Scuttling away from under a test cement plate, signalling stay away . . .a Blue Ringed Octopus
Leopard shark eye detail - it swam less than a foot from the camera
Wobbegong shark, lying on a ledge
Unfolded crinoid close up
Closed crinoid close-up.
Julian Rocks Byron Bay, a friendly Leopard Shark did a couple of flyby's and turned about a foot away from my camera. Lucky I had a wide angle lens!
Very close by fly-over by a leopard shark
grubfish (Parapercis), Jervis Bay 2012
Phyllodesmium serratum, Olympus E-PL1, Macro Leica Elmarit F10 1/160, flash
Blue Dragon, Jervis Bay 2012, nudibranch, Pteraeolidia ianthina
Spider crab ready to moult. It even has algal growth on its antennae and eye stalks.
Even seastars like VB Victoria Bitter (Beer).
Freshly "moulted" spidercrab with clear colours among a million or so of brother and sisters near and under the pier
Manta ray late in the afternoon fishing near the surface
Green turtle (Chelonia mydas) one of species turtles around Heron Island.
Flying Gurnard (Dactylopterus volitans), we have a much smaller species down south in Melbourne. This one was about 30 cm wide (1 ft) and 20 cm long body (8 in).
Yellow box fish - posing "sitting" relatively still .
Relatively "tame" moray eel -
Squid twins
shortlistedShortlisted!
Blenny - posing for the camera
Blenny returning to its favorite hideout under the pier.
Curious Leather Jacket.
Stingray with penetrating stare . . .
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