Chromodoris naiki_2023
(Canon60, 1/200,f18,iso200)

Small fish have bright colors and flamboyant shape that attract experienced & novice divers alike. Unless it moves.. it can be difficult to distinguish them from the context around, as seen in this photo! Goa_India_2023
(Canon100,1/200,f20,iso100)

Chromodoris naiki nudibranch_2023
(Canon60, 1/200,f18,iso200)

Most dorids nudis have a smooth, thick mantle and their silhouette is broad and flat.
Dorids also sport an exposed cluster of gills on their backs, visible here on this beautiful Chromodoris photographed in Goa_2023
(Canon60,1/200,f18,iso200)

Red lined Flabellina_Goa_2023
(Canon60,1/200,f18,iso200)

The best place to find nudis is in current, as pinnacles or wrecks..or diving with expert n.hunters! For these two I have to thank the friend Aaron of West Coast who, despite the bad vis, made this shot possible_Goa_2023
(Canon100,1/250,f20,iso200)

Deep red color for this Flabellina walking on the algae of the Goa wreck, the only existing wreck here but full of life, especially nudibranchs! Goa _2023
(Canon100,1/200,f22,iso250)

Many nudibranchs display the bright colours to suggest to predators that they are toxic. This is a technique used also by the Flabellinidae family.In this photo we see two of them found on a wreck a few meters deep_2023
(Canon100,1/250,f20,i.200)

Chromodoris trimarginata_2023
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Capturing with macro lens reveals so many tiny reef cratures as this beautiful Chromodoris tricolor nudibranch photographed during wreck diving at Goa_India_2023
(Canon60,1/200,f18,iso200)

Photograph nudis in these parts of Arabic Sea is a bit more challenging than elsewhere given the poor visibility.
But when you succeed, beautiful colors come out as for this Phidiana m. shotted at the wreck dive site_Goa
(Canon100,1/200,f20,i.125)
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Close up an old piece of string a few meters deep, covered by algae and other organisms including these two Flabellina nudibranchs that have captured my attention for their bright color.
(Canon60,1/200,f18,iso200)

Chromodoris trimarginata.This dorid nudibranchs have their gills gathered in a tuft at the back of their body like a little bouquet of lungs which they use to breathe. Photo taken at wreck dive site_Goa_2023
(Canon100,1/250,f20,iso200)

Chromodoris naiki nudibranch_Goa_2023
(Canon100,1/250,f16,iso200)
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Horned blenny(Parablennius intermedius)
Goa_2023 (Canon100,1/200,f18,iso200)

Pair of Chromodoris trimarginata nudibranchs_Goa_2023
(Canon100,1/250,f20,iso200)

My strobes illuminated this Flabellina well, perhaps too much .. but I like the same for the luminescence effect that makes the colors brighter ! Taken in Goa_2023

Close up of a Chromodoris trimarginata nudibranch,common in shallow sandy, rocky or rubble environments of the Indian-Arabian Sea. This photo was taken at the Wreck dive site in Goa_India_2023
(Canon60,1/200,f18,iso200)

Phidiana militaris close up at the "wreck" dive site around the Grand Island, Goa_India_2023.Thanks to West Coast Adventures staff, very capable of finding the smallest creatures even in poor visibility.(Canon100,1/250, f20,iso200)

Colorful blenny curiously looking out of its den_Photo taken at the Wreck dive site, in Goa_India_2023
(Canon60, 1/200,f18,iso200)

Chromodoris naiki nudibranch_Goa-2023
(Canon60, 1/200,f18,iso200)

Finally I was able to get a pair of these beautiful nudibranchs with a quite good focus_Flabellina Rubrolineata_Goa_2023
(Canon100,1/250,f20,iso200)

Corals like flowers in the wind_Goa_2023
(Canon100,1/250,f14,iso250)

The universe in its eyes!Close up of a big eye puffer fish photographed in the wreck dive site of Goa_India_2023
(Canon60, 1/200,f18,iso200)
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There is a diving place here in Goa called "the wreck", an iron barge sunk here in the 50s. Here there are many nudibranchs of this type named "Flabellina rubrolineata" ..very small, about a centimeter or so, but beautiful for their bright colors.

Flabellina rubrolineata nudibranch_2022
(Canon60,1/200,f18,iso200)

Colors of India_Phidiana m. nudibranch_2022
(Canon 60,1/200,f20,iso100)