Manania Distincta/Kind of jellyfish.

Hands Up and Freeze/"Spirontocaris makarofi speciosa Urita" is the name of the shrimp. It's rare and most of the time keep moving so hard to take shots. However, I think it's very beautiful shrimp.

Attractive Big-fin Reef Squid/tested Pop and Vivid setting.

Blue Bishamon Shrimp

Bull Gnathiidae/ This creature looks like an insect but its not. It's a family of isopod crustaceans.

The Gnathiidae/ Gnathiidae is approx. 5~8mm isopod crustacean. This image is full grown adult male. I tested SMC-1 close-up lens.

The Yokozuna Fish/ This fish bossing around his territory for more than two decades. Wow! I think protecting his position for more than two decades is enough to say "Yokozuna". I used my TG-3 with INON wide conversion lens and single INTOVA light.
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Huge Bulgyhead Wrasse was almost hit my camera. I took this image with my TG3 with attached wide lens and S2000 strobe.

Japanese style cartinal fish with egg

The mother of Pygmy seahorse gives eggs to the father's pouch of a marsupial and he grows eggs.This pygmy seemed to have a close birth.

We can encounter big Jackfish school at sea of Aguni Island in spring. The school of Jack fish changes into various forms.

Mikura is surrounded by mountains. The dolphin living bay is a sharp cliff. The green of the mountain is reflected on the surface of the photo. They are dolphins of Mikurajima in Japan. They may not be exactly family. The smallest dolphin is a baby b
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We can encounter a big Jackfish school sea of Aguni Island in spring. Sometimes several Giant trevallys(GT) are swimming in a big Jackfish school. It is waiting for the timing of GT to eat Jackfish.

Shelter
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Winter light and clear water in Okinawa

Nembrotha standing tall in Okinawa

Watercolors
Dart fish in the pastels of wide aperture

Chiroteuthis picteti（maybe)
Date: 01/12/2018
Location : OSEZAKI Japan
Camera : Nikon D850
Housing : Nauticam
Lens : 60mm marco
Strobe : Retra X 2
Settings : 1/250sec, f/20, ISO 400

Diver taking picture for Asian sheepshead wrasse

Love dance
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seahorse mating

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leopard blenny
Date: 30/07/2018
Location : ishigaki Japan
Camera : Nikon D850
Housing : Nauticam
Lens : 105mm marco
Strobe : Retra +Retra LSD
Settings : 1/200sec, f/25, ISO 250

Date: 15/08/2018
Location : miwura Japan
Camera : Nikon D850
Housing : Nauticam
Lens : 105mm marco
Strobe : Retra +Retra LSD
Settings : 1/250sec, f/29, ISO 100
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Date: 28/07/2018
Location : ishigaki Japan
Camera : Nikon D850
Housing : Nauticam
Lens : 105mm marco
Strobe : Retra X2 +Retra LSD X2
Settings : 1/250sec, f/22, ISO 400
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Roar
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fire dancer
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Japanese dragonet
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