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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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Juvenile or intermediate Clark's Anemonefish (Amphiprion clarkii) from Anilao.
Sea Spider (Endeis flaccida) from Anilao, Philippines.
Anemone Shrimp in Anilao.
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Crinoid Shrimp (Periclimenes amboinensis) in Dauin, Philippines. One of the smallest and best camouflaged critters I've ever found!
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Spotted Porcelain Crab (Neopetrolisthes oshimai) from Anilao.
Chelidonura Berolina, one of the smallest sea slugs in the Caribbean. A type of headshield slug, I shot this one in Little Cayman. About 4 mm. Nikon D200 with 105mm and +3 dioptre.
Mating Mandarinfish (Synchiropus splendidus) in Puerto Galera, Philippines. Seeing these little fish was a thrill!
Could we have some privacy please! Imperial Shrimp cleaning two Nembrotha cristata nudis. Anilao, Philippines.
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Don't jump! Chromodoris geometrica in Anilao.
Red-Spotted Sandperch (Parapercis schauinslandi) from Anilao. Nikon D200 with 60mm micro lens.
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Nembrotha chamberlaini munching on a tunicate in Anilao.
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Colorful anemone shrimp from Anilao.
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Juvenile Painted Frogfish, about 2 cm. Secret Bay, Anilao.
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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.
Bronze Medal Bronze Medal 2008

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editor's comments

Editor's Comment
You're too modest Jim - it's talent (as well as luck) that creates keenly observed behavior shots like these
Dragon Shrimp, one of the most colorful crustaceans we saw in the Philippines.
Hermit Crab from Anilao, Philippines. Nikon D200 with 60mm lenns.
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A couple of anemone shrimp having a chat... or whatever! Nikon D200 with 60mm lens.
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Dragon Sea Moth (Eurypegasus draconis) from Anilao. Nikon D200 with 60mm lens.
Mandarinfish from Puerto Galera, Philippines. Nikon D200 with 60mm lens.
Mother laying her eggs. From Anilao, Philippines.
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False Clown Anemonefish (Amphiprion ocellaris) in Anilao.
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Squat Hairy Lobster on a barrel sponge in Anilao, Philippines.
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Pretty little Dwarf Hawkfish (Cirrhitichthys falco) from Anilao.
Longnose Hawkfish (Oxycirrhites typus) in Anilao.
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.
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A little juvenile French Angelfish in Bonaire.
Redlip Blenny (Ophioblennius macclurei) on Bonaire.
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