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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 (3 days ago)
4 votes

Cirkewwa Marine Park
By Pieter Firlefyn
posted (5 days ago)
2 votes

Cratena nudibranch_September2024 (CanonEF100,1/200,f16,iso100)
By Antonio Venturelli
posted (6 days ago)
1 votes

Thuridilla hopei_October 2024 (CanonEF100,1/200,f14,iso100)
By Antonio Venturelli
posted (4 days ago)
1 votes

Hypselodoris bullokii nudibranch_March 2024 (CanonEF100,1/200,f16,iso100)
By Antonio Venturelli
posted (3 days ago)
1 votes

collors
By Marc Van Den Broeck
posted (2 days ago)
1 votes

eyes
By Marc Van Den Broeck
posted (3 days ago)
0 votes

Goniobranchus collingwoodi nudibranch ( named also G. tumulifera) _February 2024 (Canon EF100,1/200,f16,iso100)
By Antonio Venturelli
posted Yesterday
0 votes

Pterois miles Please Help!I'm falling.
By Cumhur Gedikoglu
posted Tuesday, December 24, 2024
0 votes

BLENNIE - Ecsenius lineatus ILE DE LA REUNION 2024
By Didier Pasquini
posted 05:47 CST Today (2 hours ago)
0 votes
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Vibrant Starfish found on a night dive. by Dylan Clevenger
Vibrant Starfish found on a night dive.
1 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 17, 2024
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Sea of Japan Japan
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A lovely turtle in Ishigaki by Mark Donovan
A lovely turtle in Ishigaki
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date posted posted: Monday, January 30, 2023
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Sea of Japan Japan
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Shrimpgoby by Kelvin H.y Tan
Shrimpgoby
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, August 20, 2021
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Sea of Japan Japan
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Psychedelic batwing slug by Kelvin H.y Tan
Psychedelic batwing slug
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, August 14, 2021
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Sea of Japan Japan
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NEMO portrait by Kelvin H.y Tan
NEMO portrait
4 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, August 14, 2021
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sea of Japan Japan
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Fire dartgoby by Kelvin H.y Tan
Fire dartgoby
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, August 9, 2021
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Sea of Japan Japan
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Yasha goby, common in/ near japan but not elsewhere by Kelvin H.y. Tan
Yasha goby, common in/ near japan but not elsewhere
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date posted posted: Friday, August 6, 2021
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Sea of Japan Japan
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Gunnels by Hugo Hirayama
Gunnels
2 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, June 24, 2021
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sea of Japan Japan
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Nudibranchia by Hugo Hirayama
Nudibranchia
0 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, June 7, 2021
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Sea of Japan Japan
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bullfight by Jiayun Chen
bullfight
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, June 17, 2019
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Sea of Japan Japan
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Morning,let's enjoy the sunshine by Jiayun Chen
Morning,let's enjoy the sunshine
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, June 13, 2019
date posted category: Macro - Super macro
date posted location: Sea of Japan Japan
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Banded Arrow Crab/Latreillia Valida by Yosuke Tsuchida
Banded Arrow Crab/Latreillia Valida
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date posted posted: Friday, May 17, 2019
date posted category: Temperate Waters
date posted location: Sea of Japan Japan
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Mimoblennius atrocinctus by Yosuke Tsuchida
Mimoblennius atrocinctus
3 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, May 15, 2019
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sea of Japan Japan
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Discordipinna by Yosuke Tsuchida
Discordipinna
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, May 10, 2019
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Sea of Japan Japan
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Penetrate Shark Ball by Yosuke Tsuchida
Penetrate Shark Ball
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, May 7, 2019
date posted category: Sharks
date posted location: Sea of Japan Japan
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Hypselodoris Festiva by Yosuke Tsuchida
Hypselodoris Festiva
3 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, May 4, 2019
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Sea of Japan Japan
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Aplysia Sagamiana Baba/Tested SMC2. by Yosuke Tsuchida
Aplysia Sagamiana Baba/Tested SMC2.
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, April 29, 2019
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Sea of Japan Japan
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Tako by Yosuke Tsuchida
Tako
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, April 24, 2019
date posted category: Temperate Waters
date posted location: Sea of Japan Japan
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Whats Up?/Looks like flatfish want me to do something but... by Yosuke Tsuchida
Whats Up?/Looks like flatfish want me to do something but I don't know what.
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, April 22, 2019
date posted category: Temperate Waters
date posted location: Sea of Japan Japan
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Camouflage/Hiding Scorpion Fish by Yosuke Tsuchida
Camouflage/Hiding Scorpion Fish
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, April 19, 2019
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Sea of Japan Japan
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Pop Out/Filament Finned Shrimp Goby showed up from the hole. by Yosuke Tsuchida
Pop Out/Filament Finned Shrimp Goby showed up from the hole.
2 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, April 17, 2019
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Sea of Japan Japan
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Manania Distincta/Kind of jellyfish. by Yosuke Tsuchida
Manania Distincta/Kind of jellyfish.
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, April 9, 2019
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Sea of Japan Japan
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Hands Up and Freeze/"Spirontocaris makarofi speciosa Urit... by Yosuke Tsuchida
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.
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, April 7, 2019
date posted category: Macro - Super macro
date posted location: Sea of Japan Japan
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Attractive Big-fin Reef Squid/tested Pop and Vivid setting. by Yosuke Tsuchida
Attractive Big-fin Reef Squid/tested Pop and Vivid setting.
2 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, April 5, 2019
date posted category: Temperate Waters
date posted location: Sea of Japan Japan
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Blue Bishamon Shrimp by Yosuke Tsuchida
Blue Bishamon Shrimp
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, April 4, 2019
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sea of Japan Japan
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Bull Gnathiidae/ This creature looks like an insect but i... by Yosuke Tsuchida
Bull Gnathiidae/ This creature looks like an insect but its not. It's a family of isopod crustaceans.
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, April 3, 2019
date posted category: Macro - Super macro
date posted location: Sea of Japan Japan
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The Gnathiidae/ Gnathiidae is approx. 5~8mm isopod crusta... by Yosuke Tsuchida
The Gnathiidae/ Gnathiidae is approx. 5~8mm isopod crustacean. This image is full grown adult male. I tested SMC-1 close-up lens.
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date posted posted: Sunday, March 31, 2019
date posted category: Macro - Super macro
date posted location: Sea of Japan Japan
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