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Tompot blenny - Parablennius gattorugine
By Stefanos Michael
posted (6 days ago)
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Elysia beauty_October 2025 (CanonRF100,1/200,f11,iso100)
By Antonio Venturelli
posted (3 days ago)
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Salt Pier Late Afternoon
By William Goers Jr
posted Saturday, November 8, 2025
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The Guardian
By William Goers Jr
posted Saturday, November 8, 2025
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Shots taken of a subject between 3 inches and 1 foot (7.5 to 30cm) in size (e.g. large fish or diver head) that dominates the frame - any background is incidental and occupies LESS THAN 50% of frame
I found this little Frogfish ( about 3mm big) on the Hous... by Marcel Waldis
I found this little Frogfish ( about 3mm big) on the House reef in Bohol. i was waiting for a bigger Frogfish to move in a good position to take a picture of it and then i spotted this little one. Olympus OMD EM 1 with 60mm f 2.8 , Nauticam CMC 1
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, August 30, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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batfish by Eduardo Nadal
batfish
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, August 29, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: United States
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barfish by Eduardo Nadal
barfish
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16 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, August 29, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: United States
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M O M M Y by Lilian Koh
M O M M Y
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date posted posted: Saturday, August 29, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Juvenile basketstar by Adeline Wee
Juvenile basketstar
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, August 29, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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This beautiful Seahorse was taken on Cayman Brac. It stay... by Nina Banks
This beautiful Seahorse was taken on Cayman Brac. It stayed in our area for awhile before moving on.
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, August 28, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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Exit Buddy ... Koh Similan, Thailand. Canon G10-f4-1100-i... by Stefan Follows
Exit Buddy ... Koh Similan, Thailand. Canon G10-f4-1100-iso100
3 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, August 28, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Thailand
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Mouthbrooding tiger cardinalfish by Laura Dinraths
Mouthbrooding tiger cardinalfish
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 27, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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B L A C K Striated frogfish (Antennarius striatus) Ani... by Irwin Ang
B L A C K
Striated frogfish (Antennarius striatus)
Anilao, Philippines. April 2015
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 26, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Maroon clownfish (Premnas biaculeatus) by Thomas Bannenberg
Maroon clownfish (Premnas biaculeatus)
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 25, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Eye of Crocodile Fish ... looking from eye to eye..... ni... by André Elbing
Eye of Crocodile Fish ... looking from eye to eye..... nice structures of pupills and skin
4 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 25, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Seahorse by Abimael Márquez
Seahorse
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, August 24, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Puerto Rico
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Periclimenes imperator by Dennis Chen
Periclimenes imperator
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, August 24, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Mandarinfish, Alcoy, Philippines by Daniel Strub
Mandarinfish, Alcoy, Philippines
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, August 24, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippines
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H. bargibanti, Cabilao, Philippines by Daniel Strub
H. bargibanti, Cabilao, Philippines
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, August 24, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Visayan Sea Philippines
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W A Y A N G Blenny by Lilian Koh
W A Y A N G
Blenny
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, August 22, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Molucca Sea Indonesia
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"Face Paint" This Scorpion Fish was in the perfect spot ... by Dusty Norman
"Face Paint"
This Scorpion Fish was in the perfect spot for a straight on Portrait. These subjects are very cooperative and generally sit still, but finding them is the trick.
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, August 21, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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Blennie by Henrik Gram Rasmussen
Blennie
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, August 21, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Persian/Arabian Gulf Qatar
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"Red on green" by Joachim Neumann
"Red on green"
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, August 21, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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A beautiful brittle star moving gently along the edge of ... by Sean Howard
A beautiful brittle star moving gently along the edge of a translucent sponge at night
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 20, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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Sneaky ... ! Coconut Octopus - Amphioctopus marginatus. C... by Stefan Follows
Sneaky ... ! Coconut Octopus - Amphioctopus marginatus. Chaloklum, Gulf of Thailand, EM5-Oly 60mm-1/250-f4-iso200
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 20, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Thailand
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Reef cuttlefish at night by Laura Dinraths
Reef cuttlefish at night
2 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 20, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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"Green on Pink" - Anemone by Joachim Neumann
"Green on Pink" - Anemone
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8 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 20, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Blushing Frogfish - This white frogfish appears to blush ... by Henley Spiers
Blushing Frogfish - This white frogfish appears to blush as his camouflaged position within the white sponges is revealed.
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 19, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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"Star of the Show" by Allen Walker
"Star of the Show"
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 19, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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Love the bouquet of social feather duster worms...the col... by Patricia Sinclair
Love the bouquet of social feather duster worms...the colour is so delicate
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 18, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Gulf Of Mexico Cayman islands
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Arrow shrimp, Veracruz Mexico by Oscar Castro
Arrow shrimp, Veracruz Mexico
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 18, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Gulf Of Mexico Mexico
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