Close up Headshot of a very shy Sea horse with head bowing down

Common Seahorse

Coconut Octopus (Amphioctopus marginatus) in its shelter, in the black lava sand of Lembeh Strait. This fascinating creature can be seen walking the bottom carrying coconut shells or seashells under its arms, until finding a safe spot where it settle

Baby Frogfish in Lembeh Strait.

'Chasing the Dragon' this beatiful Dragon Faced Pipefish was a slippery subject but finally gave me a brief chance to celebrate its beauty after patiently following and wiating for the right moment. Shot in Lembeh Strait using a Canon G7Xii and inon

Did you know that Mandarin fish mate just after sunset and that they live in small populations and are very skiddish? You can only find them using red lights, which they can't see.. The mating only lasts for a few seconds.

Did you know that this octopus usually burries themselves in the sand, making it next to impossible to get a good photo of them? Photographed with a +5 Sea and Sea wet diopter and snoot.

Did you know that there are thirty species of clownfish recognized? and that Anemonefish are omnivorous and can feed on undigested food from their host anemones, and the fecal matter from the anemonefish provides nutrients to the sea anemone?

Did you know that, despite the typically small size of its members, the family Gobiidae is the largest family of marine fishes, being the home of over 2,000 species? This lemon drop Goby is typically a very shy critter and is very small (it is sittin

Did you know that these are called boxer crabs, boxing crabs and pom-pom crabs? And did you know that they are notable for their mutualism with sea anemones, which they hold in their claws for defense? In return, the anemones get carried around which

Did you know that Porcelain crabs are small, usually with body widths of less than 15 mm (0.59 in)? They also share the general body plan of a squat lobster, but their bodies are more compact and flattened, an adaptation for living and hiding under r

Banggai cardinalfish

Magic reef with Banggai cardinalfish

Lightning in the eye of the scorpionfish. Did you know scorpionfish are venomous and that they are 'suction-feeders'? This one was photographed in the Lembeh Strait.

A coral wire shrimp in black and white

A dwarf lionfish

Lembeh strait - tiger shrimp in double exposure
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Chromodoris kunei

Seahorse

Juvenile clownfish and the sea anemone

Lying in ambush (Cymbacephalus beauforti)

Rising to the stars

A well camouflaged cuttlefish

Black cap jawfish
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Anemone shrimp

Puffer filefish among corals

Wire coral shrimp with a catch