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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 ... by Jim Chambers
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.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, January 6, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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Divemaster pointing to a small Shortfin Pipefish (Cosmoca... by Jim Chambers
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.
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date posted posted: Monday, January 5, 2009
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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Solitary Gorgonian Hydroid (Ralpharia gorgoniae) on Littl... by Jim Chambers
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.
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, January 2, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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Sun Anemone Shrimp (Periclimenes rathbunae) from Bonaire. by Jim Chambers
Sun Anemone Shrimp (Periclimenes rathbunae) from Bonaire.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 31, 2008
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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Pipehorse (Acentronura dendritica) from the Cayman Island... by Jim Chambers
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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33 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 30, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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Colorful Nembrotha chamberlaini in Anilao. by Jim Chambers
Colorful Nembrotha chamberlaini in Anilao.
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, December 29, 2008
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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Nembrotha lineolata from Anilao. by Jim Chambers
Nembrotha lineolata from Anilao.
26 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 28, 2008
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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Juvenile Silver Sweetlips (Diagramma pictum) in Anilao. T... by Jim Chambers
Juvenile Silver Sweetlips (Diagramma pictum) in Anilao. This species has many juvenile and sub-adult forms, which can make identification a bit tricky.
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date posted posted: Saturday, December 27, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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A little Molly Miller blenny (Scartella crispata) from An... by Jim Chambers
A little Molly Miller blenny (Scartella crispata) from Anilao, Philippines.
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date posted posted: Friday, December 26, 2008
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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Bodega Bay on the northern California coast. This was the... by Jim Chambers
Bodega Bay on the northern California coast. This was the setting for Alfred Hitchcock's 1963 movie "The Birds."
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 24, 2008
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Pretty little Hypselodoris obscura from Anilao, Philippines. by Jim Chambers
Pretty little Hypselodoris obscura from Anilao, Philippines.
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date posted posted: Monday, December 22, 2008
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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When I looked closely at my photo of a Nassau Grouper's e... by Jim Chambers
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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34 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, December 20, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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Beautiful sea glass beach in Bermuda. Sea glass, also cal... by Jim Chambers
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.
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 18, 2008
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Atlantic Bermuda
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Little Ghost Crab on Little Cayman Island, BWI. by Jim Chambers
Little Ghost Crab on Little Cayman Island, BWI.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 17, 2008
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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Ribbon of Nudibranch eggs in Anilao, Philippines. by Jim Chambers
Ribbon of Nudibranch eggs in Anilao, Philippines.
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18 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 16, 2008
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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Juvenile Three-Spot Dascyllus (Dascyllus trimaculatus) in... by Jim Chambers
Juvenile Three-Spot Dascyllus (Dascyllus trimaculatus) in Anilao.
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date posted posted: Monday, October 13, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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Scorpionfish from Puerto Galera, Philippines. by Jim Chambers
Scorpionfish from Puerto Galera, Philippines.
20 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, September 29, 2008
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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Cardinalfish from Anilao. by Jim Chambers
Cardinalfish from Anilao.
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29 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, September 20, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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Pretty little Dwarf Hawkfish (Cirrhitichthys falco) in Pu... by Jim Chambers
Pretty little Dwarf Hawkfish (Cirrhitichthys falco) in Puerto Galera, Philippines.
32 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, August 9, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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Squat Crinoid Lobster (Allogalathea elegans), aka Elegant... by Jim Chambers
Squat Crinoid Lobster (Allogalathea elegans), aka Elegant Squat Lobster. Photographed in Dauin, Philippines.
25 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, August 8, 2008
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Hi there! Eel from Anilao, Philippines. by Jim Chambers
Hi there! Eel from Anilao, Philippines.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 5, 2008
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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Spotfin Lionfish (Pterois antennata) in Anilao, Philippin... by Jim Chambers
Spotfin Lionfish (Pterois antennata) in Anilao, Philippines. Much smaller than the common lionfish (Pterois volitans), these are really pretty fish.
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26 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, August 1, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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Juvenile Three-Spot Dascyllus (Dascyllus trimaculatus) in... by Jim Chambers
Juvenile Three-Spot Dascyllus (Dascyllus trimaculatus) in Puerto Galera, Philippines.
33 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 30, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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Mimic Octopus (Thaumoctopus mimicus) from Secret Bay in A... by Jim Chambers
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!
33 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, July 28, 2008
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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Close-up of Black-Saddled Toby (Canthigaster valentini) i... by Jim Chambers
Close-up of Black-Saddled Toby (Canthigaster valentini) in Anilao.
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date posted posted: Friday, July 25, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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Armina sp. flatworm from Dauin, Philippines. by Jim Chambers
Armina sp. flatworm from Dauin, Philippines.
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52 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, July 22, 2008
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Crinoid about to make the big leap. by Jim Chambers
Crinoid about to make the big leap.
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date posted posted: Sunday, July 20, 2008
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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