"The Opera Singer" - Yawning Striated Frogfish, Antennarius striatus, Blue Heron Bridge, Florida

Molly Miller Blenny, Scartella cristata, Jupiter, Florida

A very tiny juvenile Oyster Blenny, Hypleurochilus pseudoaequipinnis, about the size of a pencil eraser peers out of an abandoned barnacle. It would disappear if it saw me move, then a few seconds later would peek out again, just it's eyes showing.
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Lancer Dragonet, Callionymus bairdi, Blue Heron Bridge, Riviera Beach, Florida

Blue Throat Pikeblenny, Chaenopsis ocellata, Blue Heron Bridge, Florida

Gold Line Sea Goddess, Felimare ruthae

Molly Miller Blenny, Scartella cristata, Lauderdale-by-the-Sea, Florida

Coryphella verta Nudibranch with eggs

Seaweed Blenny, Parablennius marmoreus, Blue Heron Bridge, Florida

Florida Fighting Conch Eye, Strombus alatus

Tessellated Blenny, Hypsoblennius invemar, Lauderdale-by-the-Sea, Florida

Roughhead Blenny, Acanthemblemaria aspera, Blue Heron Bridge, Florida

Beautiful Dondice Occidentalis Nudibranch with a pink heart on it's "face", Blue Heron Bridge, Florida

A tiny baby Common Octopus, Octopus vulgaris is making it's home in a discarded bottle. Blue Heron Bridge, Riviera Beach, Florida

Blackwater diving off the coast of West Palm Beach, Florida

Banded jawfish
Opistognathus macrognathus
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A day at the beach. People walking the surf line at Myrtle Beach SC

Hammerhead at Tiger Beach

Flabellina perched on a piece of algae at Blue Heron Bridge.

Hammerhead close up at Tiger Beach

Always worth a second look! Small Tiger Shark checking me out! I kinda think they see themselves when looking at the dome on the camera housing. They will never give that secret up! We need to protect them ! Tiger Beach Bahamas

An iconic Florida Keys scene. Barracuda on the prowl for an easy meal. They're intelligence is very obvious, always calculating and looking for an opportunity to present itself.

Reaching Out
Coral Nudibranchs unique to Cape Peninsula, South Africa

The Universal Invitation for Play
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A day at the beach

Tangled in Tigers at Tiger Beach - Bahamas

Hole in the sea - Reef Shark at Tiger Beach. Every Shark has a different look and probably a good story. Glorious are the days like the conditions when this image was taken. Flat seas and clear water of the Bahamas sure help!