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Elysia timida_June 2025 (Canon RF100, 1/200,f16,iso125)
By Antonio Venturelli
posted (6 days ago)
0 votes

Baby Shortnose Gar taken in shallow water in a small bay of Lake Michigan
By Max Janssen
posted (4 days ago)
0 votes

The eye contact. Meet the little Ring-eye Pygmy Goby, specifically Trimma benjamini of Raja Ampat..
By Nellson Sim
posted (3 days ago)
0 votes

Hello from the yellow polka dots from Tioman island, Malaysia
By Nellson Sim
posted (3 days ago)
0 votes

Hungry Froggy diving into its yummy sashimi lunch with gusto!
By Nellson Sim
posted (3 days ago)
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The moment of peace.. A Denise Pygmy seahorse enjoying it's
By Nellson Sim
posted (3 days ago)
0 votes

Flabelina affinis nudibranch_June 2025 (CanonRF100,1/200,f13,iso100)
By Antonio Venturelli
posted (3 days ago)
0 votes

Dwarf Sea Hare - Aplysia parvula
By Stefanos Michael
posted Yesterday
0 votes

Inland Sea | Gozo
By Pieter Firlefyn
posted Friday, July 4, 2025
0 votes

Inland Sea | Gozo
By Pieter Firlefyn
posted Friday, July 4, 2025
0 votes
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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

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The Hedgehog The hedgehog or walking sea anemone(Preac... by Peet J Van Eeden
The Hedgehog
The hedgehog or walking sea anemone(Preactis millardae) is unique to the Cape Peninsula, South Africa
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, April 9, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) South Africa
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Yellowmouth grouper, Red Beryl, Bonaire by Tobias Reitmayr
Yellowmouth grouper, Red Beryl, Bonaire
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date posted posted: Monday, April 9, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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Nice smile.... by Joerg Blessing
Nice smile....
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18 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, April 9, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Fluorescent Strawberry Anemones in False Bay, Cape Penins... by Peet J Van Eeden
Fluorescent Strawberry Anemones in False Bay, Cape Peninsula, South Africa.
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, April 8, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) South Africa
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Hay I'm gonna get you. Painted Frogfish by Marylin Batt
Hay I'm gonna get you. Painted Frogfish
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, April 8, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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Harlequin Shrimp by Marylin Batt
Harlequin Shrimp
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, April 8, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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Mullus surmuletus & Symphodus melanocercus Observation f... by Cumhur Gedikoglu
Mullus surmuletus & Symphodus melanocercus
Observation for food sharing
4 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, April 7, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Aegean Sea Turkey
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Detail of starfish by Pietro Cremone
Detail of starfish
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, April 7, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Timor Sea Indonesia
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Waddap? A spotted snake eel curiosuly swimming up to the ... by Vasco Baselli
Waddap? A spotted snake eel curiosuly swimming up to the lense
4 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, April 7, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Ecuador
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Purple Soft Coral in False Bay, Cape Peninsula, South Africa by Peet J Van Eeden
Purple Soft Coral in False Bay, Cape Peninsula, South Africa
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, April 6, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) South Africa
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Always hidding... by Eduard Bello
Always hidding...
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, April 5, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Netherlands
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Muraena helena by Cumhur Gedikoglu
Muraena helena
3 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, April 4, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Aegean Sea Turkey
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Finally they are back after a cold winter periode. Flabel... by Eduard Bello
Finally they are back after a cold winter periode. Flabellina...
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, April 4, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
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Double Bokeh..Golden Moray by John Roach
Double Bokeh..Golden Moray
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, April 3, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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Mantis Shrimp (shadow stormtrooper) Nikon Aw130 Summerisl... by Carsten Schroeder
Mantis Shrimp (shadow stormtrooper) Nikon Aw130 Summerisland Housreef
1 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, April 2, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Green Razorfish at Something Special, Bonaire by Tobias Reitmayr
Green Razorfish at Something Special, Bonaire
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14 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, April 2, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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Octopus vulgaris by Cumhur Gedikoglu
Octopus vulgaris
3 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, April 2, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Aegean Sea Turkey
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Moray / Anilao- Philippines by Mehmet Öztabak
Moray / Anilao- Philippines
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, April 1, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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2018 Photo taken with an Nikon AW130 internal flash by Carsten Schroeder
2018 Photo taken with an Nikon AW130 internal flash
4 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, April 1, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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A neon Goby cleans a Balloonfish as it lies unmoving on t... by David Gilchrist
A neon Goby cleans a Balloonfish as it lies unmoving on the bottom in the waters of the Roatan Marine Park.
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, March 30, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Canada
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Someone is watching - camouflage by Patrick Verbustel
Someone is watching - camouflage
2 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, March 30, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indonesia
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Cuthona kanga FAMILIE:TERGIPEDIDAE by Patrick Verbustel
Cuthona kanga FAMILIE:TERGIPEDIDAE
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, March 30, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Indonesia
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Eye to Eye with a Porcelain Crab by Peet J Van Eeden
Eye to Eye with a Porcelain Crab
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, March 30, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mozambique Channel Mozambique
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Always around in thevvold waters. Awesome colours. They g... by Eduard Bello
Always around in thevvold waters. Awesome colours. They glue at the oysters..
5 Votes
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My favourite 'small fish' the Longnosed hawkfish by Sam Taylor
My favourite 'small fish' the Longnosed hawkfish
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, March 30, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Arafura Sea Papua New Guinea
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If Dracula was a fish by John Roach
If Dracula was a fish
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15 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, March 29, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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Lion fish mating dance...found in Mahahual Q.Roo at 80ft ... by Ramon Magana
Lion fish mating dance...found in Mahahual Q.Roo at 80ft of water
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, March 29, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Mexico
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