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Leafy Sea Dragon (Fetzendrachenfisch) , Australia - South Australia - Kangaroo Island
By Ralf Levc
posted Saturday, May 20, 2006
109 votes

Estuarine Cod and Cleaner Wrasse. Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia. Canon 50D & Tokina 10-17
By Ross Gudgeon
posted Friday, June 12, 2009
90 votes

A Golden Weedfish (Cristiceps aurantiacus). Taken at Shelly Beach in Sydney, Australia. Using a Nikon D300 sea & sea housing and dual ys250s. f/8 1/250s
By Melissa Fiene
posted Wednesday, June 10, 2009
77 votes

Cuttlefish at Bare Island. Sydney, Australia
By Ken Thongpila
posted Monday, July 20, 2009
73 votes


By Brian Mayes
posted Wednesday, April 07, 2010
72 votes

Turtle in the Coral Sea.
By Karen Dillabough
posted Friday, June 12, 2009
71 votes

Happy Valentine's Day! : )
By Doug Anderson
posted Thursday, February 14, 2008
71 votes

Giant cuttle, Kurnell
By Doug Anderson
posted Tuesday, June 10, 2008
70 votes

Pteraeolidia ianthina, Sydney
By Doug Anderson
posted Monday, February 04, 2008
69 votes

Chromodoris splendida, Bare Island
By Doug Anderson
posted Wednesday, April 09, 2008
68 votes
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A slightly different perspective of a weedy seadragon. by Richard Wylie
A slightly different perspective of a weedy seadragon.
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date posted posted: Thursday, June 14, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Pacific Australia
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Sharp Teeth by Christine Hamilton
Sharp Teeth
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votes: 19
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 13, 2012
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Australia
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Jelly Shelter A Jellyfish has been half eaten by a turtl... by Christine Hamilton
Jelly Shelter
A Jellyfish has been half eaten by a turtle. It is still alive, however, and providing a safe haven for tiny fish
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 13, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Australia
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Even seastars like VB Victoria Bitter (Beer). by Bill Van Eyk
Even seastars like VB Victoria Bitter (Beer).
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 12, 2012
date posted category: Humorous
date posted location: Australia
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Serpent Pteraeolida, very common in Sydney, size 25 to 30... by Matthias Wildermuth
Serpent Pteraeolida, very common in Sydney, size 25 to 30 mm
taken with Canon D500, 60 mm macro lens plus Inon UCL 165 wet diopter 1/160, F22 , 2 Inon Z240 strobes, TTL
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votes: 22
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date posted posted: Saturday, June 09, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Pacific Australia
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Spider Crab on the Pier. by Richard Wylie
Spider Crab on the Pier.
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Strong & dynamic shadows, great sunrays without a outburned sunball, good contrast and a great composition. Looks like a double exposure but it's not - No need to play with "tricks" if you know how to use your gear ;-) Impressive shot, Richard !
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 06, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Pacific Australia
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Crabzilla" Spider crab aggregations are here in Port Phil... by Richard Wylie
Crabzilla" Spider crab aggregations are here in Port Phillip Bay with masses of these guys congregating under Rye Pier. This guys crawled over my camera while I was lying on the bottom.
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date posted posted: Monday, June 04, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Pacific Australia
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"Red Eyed Dragon". Leafy Seadragon taken off Kangaroo Isl... by Richard Wylie
"Red Eyed Dragon". Leafy Seadragon taken off Kangaroo Island.
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votes: 20
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date posted posted: Saturday, June 02, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Great Australian Bight Australia
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Freshly "moulted" spidercrab with clear colours among a m... by Bill Van Eyk
Freshly "moulted" spidercrab with clear colours among a million or so of brother and sisters near and under the pier
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date posted posted: Wednesday, May 30, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Australia
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Manta ray late in the afternoon fishing near the surface by Bill Van Eyk
Manta ray late in the afternoon fishing near the surface
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date posted posted: Tuesday, May 29, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Australia
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Damsel on velvet by Kristin Anderson
Damsel on velvet
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date posted posted: Sunday, May 27, 2012
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Indian Ocean Australia
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This is what you get when you begin a dive with your best... by Michael Schlenk
This is what you get when you begin a dive with your best super macro lens and you are then visited by an inquisitive napolean wrasse on your safety stop.
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date posted posted: Monday, May 21, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Coral Sea Australia
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Hawks Bill sea turtle getting friendly with its reflectio... by Michael Schlenk
Hawks Bill sea turtle getting friendly with its reflection on my wide angle port. I actually had to swim away from him in order to get a good focus.
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date posted posted: Monday, May 21, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Coral Sea Australia
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Pink anemonefish in black & white by Kristin Anderson
Pink anemonefish in black & white
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date posted posted: Thursday, May 17, 2012
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Indian Ocean Australia
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Green turtle (Chelonia mydas) one of species turtles arou... by Bill Van Eyk
Green turtle (Chelonia mydas) one of species turtles around Heron Island.
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date posted posted: Thursday, May 17, 2012
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Australia
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Flying Gurnard (Dactylopterus volitans), we have a much s... by Bill Van Eyk
Flying Gurnard (Dactylopterus volitans), we have a much smaller species down south in Melbourne. This one was about 30 cm wide (1 ft) and 20 cm long body (8 in).
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date posted posted: Monday, May 14, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Australia
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Yellow box fish - posing "sitting" relatively still . by Bill Van Eyk
Yellow box fish - posing "sitting" relatively still .
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date posted posted: Sunday, May 13, 2012
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Australia
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Photo taken at Blairgowrie pier, Melbourne. Tassled Angle... by David Haintz
Photo taken at Blairgowrie pier, Melbourne. Tassled Angler fish. taken with a Sea&Sea DX-2G
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date posted posted: Sunday, May 13, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Tasman Sea Australia
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Relatively "tame" moray eel - by Bill Van Eyk
Relatively "tame" moray eel -
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date posted posted: Friday, May 11, 2012
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Australia
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Jelly Fish Australia ,Port Phillip Bay Victoria Nikon by Linley Jean-Yves Bignoux
Jelly Fish Australia ,Port Phillip Bay Victoria Nikon
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date posted posted: Sunday, May 06, 2012
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date posted location: Great Australian Bight Australia
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Threefin on a shoredive, size 2 cm CanonD500 60 mm macro... by Matthias Wildermuth
Threefin on a shoredive, size 2 cm
CanonD500 60 mm macrolens with Inon wetlens, two InonZ240 strobes
F/5.6 1/160 ISO 100
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date posted posted: Saturday, April 28, 2012
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Pacific Australia
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Great White in the Sunlight by Christine Hamilton
Great White in the Sunlight
votes: 26
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date posted posted: Friday, April 27, 2012
date posted category: Sharks
date posted location: Australia
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"O Sole Mio"....the singing Batfish by Christine Hamilton
"O Sole Mio"....the singing Batfish
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date posted posted: Friday, April 27, 2012
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Pot Bellied seahorses are unlike other seahorses as they ... by Richard Wylie
Pot Bellied seahorses are unlike other seahorses as they can travel quite large distances and are happy to swim around. This guy was swimming between the pylons under Rye Pier.
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date posted posted: Friday, April 27, 2012
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date posted location: Pacific Australia
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Platypus Cowrie (Cuspivolva platysia) in green temperate ... by Brian Mayes
Platypus Cowrie (Cuspivolva platysia) in green temperate waters of Nelson Bay, Australia
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date posted posted: Thursday, April 26, 2012
date posted category: Temperate Waters
date posted location: Tasman Sea Australia
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Male Ring Scale Triplefin (Enneapterygius atrogulare) by Brian Mayes
Male Ring Scale Triplefin (Enneapterygius atrogulare)
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date posted posted: Thursday, April 26, 2012
date posted category: Temperate Waters
date posted location: Tasman Sea Australia
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Big-bellied Seahorse, Hippocampus abdominalis. Chowder Ba... by Doug Anderson
Big-bellied Seahorse, Hippocampus abdominalis. Chowder Bay, Sydney Harbour
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date posted posted: Monday, April 23, 2012
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