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Fishies 117 images Created 28 Feb 2014

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  • Spotted garden eel (Heteroconger hassi) at Restorf, Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea.
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  • A devil scorpionfish (Inimicus didactylus), AKA spiny devilfish. Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100306_0253690
    echeng100306_0253690.tif
  • Whitespace waspfish (Richardsonichthys leucogaster). Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100306_0253697
    echeng100306_0253697.tif
  • Whitespace waspfish (Richardsonichthys leucogaster). Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100306_0253702
    echeng100306_0253702.tif
  • This longnose hawkfish (Oxycirrhites typus) has been infested by a parasitic isopod. Poor fish. Sangeang, Indonesia.
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  • A stargazer (Uranoscopus chinensis) lies in ambush, waiting for passing fish. Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100303_0252242
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  • A stargazer (Uranoscopus chinensis) lies in ambush, waiting for passing fish. Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100303_0252273
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  • A stargazer (Uranoscopus chinensis) lies in ambush, waiting for passing fish. Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100303_0252284
    echeng100303_0252284.tif
  • A pair of warty frogfish (Antennarius maculatus). The female looks heavily laden with eggs. Ambon, Indonesia.
    echeng101109_0268697.tif
  • A fingered dragonet (Dactylopus dactylopus) at night. Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100306_0253826
    echeng100306_0253826.tif
  • A convict snake eel (Elapsopis versicolor) swims quickly in the sand. Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100307_0254063
    echeng100307_0254063.tif
  • Reptilian snake eel (Brachysomophis henshawi). Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100309_0254398
    echeng100309_0254398.tif
  • A false clown anemonefish (Amphiprion ocellaris) in her host anemone. Ambon, Indonesia.
    echeng101108_0268482.tif
  • A false clown anemonefish (Amphiprion ocellaris) aerates and cleans her eggs next to her host anemone. Ambon, Indonesia.
    echeng101108_0268499.tif
  • A false clown anemonefish (Amphiprion ocellaris) aerates and cleans her eggs next to her host anemone. Ambon, Indonesia.
    echeng101108_0268512.tif
  • A false clown anemonefish (Amphiprion ocellaris) aerates and cleans her eggs next to her host anemone. Ambon, Indonesia.
    echeng101108_0268516.tif
  • An undescribed dragonet (Synchiropus sp.). Torpedo Alley, Nusa Kode, Rinca, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng111113_182452.tif
  • A striated frogfish (Antennarius striatus). Torpedo Alley, Nusa Kode, Rinca, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng111112_192349.tif
  • A pygmy pipefish (Micrognathus pygmaeus). Nusa Kode, Rinca, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng111113_113056.tif
  • The business end of a titan triggerfish (Balistoides viridescens). These fish, which can grow to be nearly a meter long, have been known to attack divers when they are nesting. They have a cone-shaped territory that extends upward from their nests; wander into it, and you may have to deal with an angry fish! Crystal Rock, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng111116_154207.tif
  • A whitepatch razorfish (Iniistius aneitensis) in Sangeang, Indonesia. This dopey looking wrasse hangs out on the sandy bottom and darts into the sand when threatened (and to sleep, at night).
    echeng111117_154336.tif
  • The ribbon-like body if a white-margined moray eel (Gymnothorax albimarginatus). Taken during a night dive in Sangeang, Indonesia.
    echeng111117_193601.tif
  • A painted frogfish (Antennarius pictus), with its lure visible. Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia.
    echeng101112_0269402.tif
  • A striped frogfish or striated frogfish (Antennarius striatus). Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia.
    echeng101112_0269434.tif
  • A striped frogfish or striated frogfish (Antennarius striatus). Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia.
    echeng101112_0269458.tif
  • Striped frogfish or striated frogfish (Antennarius striatus) in the shallows at Laha, Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia.
    echeng101112_0269494.tif
  • Striped frogfish or striated frogfish (Antennarius striatus) in the shallows at Laha, Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia.
    echeng101112_0269506.tif
  • Striped frogfish or striated frogfish (Antennarius striatus) in the shallows at Laha, Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia.
    echeng101112_0269522-Edit.tif
  • Striped frogfish or striated frogfish (Antennarius striatus) in the shallows at Laha, Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia.
    echeng101112_0269563.tif
  • Striped frogfish or striated frogfish (Antennarius striatus) in the shallows at Laha, Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia.
    echeng101112_0269578.tif
  • Striped frogfish or striated frogfish (Antennarius striatus) in the shallows at Laha, Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia.
    echeng101112_0269588.tif
  • Juvenile yellow boxfish (Ostracion subicus). Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia.
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  • A school of razorfish (Aeoliscus strigatus) at night. Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia.
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  • Yellowspotted pipefish (Corythoichthys polynotatus). Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia
    echeng101112_0269736.tif
  • Painted frogfish (Antennarius pictus). Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia.
    echeng101112_0269754.tif
  • Painted frogfish (Antennarius pictus). Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia.
    echeng101112_0269764.tif
  • Painted frogfish (Antennarius pictus). Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia.
    echeng101112_0269770.tif
  • Thorny seahorse (Hippocampus hystrix) silhouette. Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia.
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  • Thorny seahorse (Hippocampus hystrix) silhouette. Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia.
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  • A dead snowflake moray eel under a pier. Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia.
    echeng101113_0270428.tif
  • Juvenile clark's anemonefish (Amphiprion clarkii) in a bulb-tentacle sea anemone (Entacmaea quadricolor). Alor Kecil, Indonesia.
    echeng111030_081049.tif
  • A brightly-colored ribbon eel (Rhinomuraena quaesita) in Alor, Indonesia. These eels are also commonly known as blue ribbon eels, but I've always taken exception to the name. Females are often entirely yellow, and juveniles are black. These ribbon eels are protandrous hermaphrodites, and males develop female sex organs and become female when they reach a certain size.
    echeng111030_083609.tif
  • The mating ritual of two cockatoo waspfishes (Ablabys taenianotus). Kalabahi Sound, Alor, Indonesia.
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  • The mating ritual of two cockatoo waspfishes (Ablabys taenianotus). Kalabahi Sound, Alor, Indonesia.
    echeng111031_181957.tif
  • Two cockatoo waspfishes (Ablabys taenianotus) swim into the water column to mate. Kalabahi Sound, Alor, Indonesia.
    echeng111031_182003.tif
  • A lacey scorpionfish (Rhinopias aphanes) in perfect camouflage. Wai Verang, Lembata, Indonesia.
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  • Lit by full-spectrum strobes, a lacey scorpionfish (Rhinopias aphanes) can be quite colorful. Normally, they blend in, perfectly camouflaged by pattern and protruding filaments. Wai Verang, Lembata, Indonesia.
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  • A juvenile frogfish attempts to eat an amphipod and some unknown eggs. The amphipod survives the encounter after being rejected by the frogfish. See grains of sand, for scale. These animals are tiny! Photo taken with Canon 7D, Canon 100mm USM macro lens, INON macro diopter, Nauticam underwater housing, 2 x Ikelite DS-125 strobes. (Night dive at Sizzler; Wai Verang, Indonesia)
    echeng111103_184903-2.tif
  • A juvenile frogfish attempts to eat an amphipod and some unknown eggs. The amphipod survives the encounter after being rejected by the frogfish. See grains of sand, for scale. These animals are tiny! Photo taken with Canon 7D, Canon 100mm USM macro lens, INON macro diopter, Nauticam underwater housing, 2 x Ikelite DS-125 strobes. (Night dive at Sizzler; Wai Verang, Lembata, Indonesia)
    echeng111103_184903.tif
  • Two skeleton shrimps (Caprella sp.) are on watch over a juvenile warty frogfish (Antennarius maculatus). Sizzler, Wai Verang, Indonesia.
    echeng111103_191612.tif
  • Two skeleton shrimps (Caprella sp.) are on watch over a juvenile warty frogfish (Antennarius maculatus). Sizzler, Wai Verang, Indonesia.
    echeng111103_191756.tif
  • A juvenile warty frogfish (Antennarius maculatus) yawns. Sizzler, Wai Verang, Indonesia.
    echeng111103_193321.tif
  • A painted frogfish (Antennarius pictus) yawns. Sizzler, Wai Verang, Lembata, Indonesia.
    echeng111104_111832.tif
  • A juvenile painted frogfish (Antennarius pictus) uses its lure to attract little shrimp and other tiny reef creatures. I watched this little guy go crazy, eating things off of the reef continuously. Wai Verang, Lembata, Indonesia.
    echeng111104_121220.tif
  • A juvenile longhorn cowfish (Lactoria comuta). Torpedo Alley, Nusa Kode, Rinca, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng111111_113312.tif
  • A painted frogfish (Antennarius pictus) hunts by flicking its lure in and out. Torpedo Alley, Nusa Kode, Rinca, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng111112_120247.tif
  • Painted frogfish (Antennarius pictus). Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100307_0253870
    echeng100307_0253870.tif
  • An unusual perspective of a giant frogfish (Antennarius commersoni). Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100307_0253983
    echeng100307_0253983.tif
  • The inside of a giant frogfish's (Antennarius commersoni) mouth. Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100307_0254052
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  • A juvenile circular spadefish (Platax orbicularis), which looks like a floating leaf. Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100307_0254076
    echeng100307_0254076.tif
  • Reptilian snake eel (Brachysomophis henshawi). Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100309_0254390
    echeng100309_0254390.tif
  • Some kind of sabertooth blenny on a gorgonian. Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia.
    echeng101113_0269996.tif
  • A small blenny has formidable teeth when viewed up close. Pulau Raja, Flasher Reef.
    echeng111107_112327.tif
  • Reptilian snake eel (Brachysomophis henshawi). Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100306_0253655
    echeng100306_0253655.tif
  • Reptilian snake eel (Brachysomophis henshawi). Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100306_0253659
    echeng100306_0253659.tif
  • Devil scorpionfish (Inimicus didactylus), AKA spiny devilfish. Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100306_0253387
    echeng100306_0253387.tif
  • Devil scorpionfish (Inimicus didactylus), AKA spiny devilfish. Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100306_0253390
    echeng100306_0253390.tif
  • Striped catfish (Plotosus lineatus) feed on the sandy bottom in a tight school. Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100305_025232
    echeng100305_0253232.tif
  • This painted frogfish (Antennarius pictus) kept bumping into my lens. Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100304_0252868
    echeng100304_0252868.tif
  • Tiny red juvenile frogfish under a burlap sack. Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100305_0253087
    echeng100305_0253087.tif
  • Tiny yellow juvenile frogfish in Halimeda sp. algae. Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100305_0253133
    echeng100305_0253133.tif
  • Razorfish at night (Aeoliscus strigatus). Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100304_0252766
    echeng100304_0252766.tif
  • My first pearlfish! Silver pearlfish (Encheliophis homei). This fish normally lives in the anus of sea cucumbers. Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100304_0252786
    echeng100304_0252786.tif
  • A pygmy seahorse (Hippocampus bargibanti) on its host gorgonian sea fan. Baleh, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
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  • A pygmy seahorse (Hippocampus bargibanti) on its host gorgonian sea fan. Baleh, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng140208_083356.tif
  • A pygmy seahorse (Hippocampus bargibanti) on its host gorgonian sea fan. Baleh, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng140208_083856.tif
  • Bright lines of white, black and yellow streak down the side of a ribbon sweetlips (Plectorhinchus polytaenia) at Cannibal Rock in Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng140210_153454.tif
  • A carpet sole (Liachirus melanospilus) creeps along the sand during a night dive. Torpedo Point, Horseshoe Bay, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
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  • Three urchin siphonfish (Siphamia versicolor) hide within the spines of a fire urchin (Asthenosoma varium).  Wainilu, Rinca, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng140213_114651.tif
  • A blue ribbon eel (Rhinomuraena quaesita) in the sand.  Wainilu, Rinca, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng140213_114034.tif
  • A camouflaged radial filefish (Acreichthys radiatus) blends in perfectly among the polyps of a Xenia sp. coral.  Wainilu, Rinca, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng140213_115251.tif
  • A camouflaged radial filefish (Acreichthys radiatus) blends in perfectly among the polyps of a Xenia sp. coral.  Wainilu, Rinca, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng140213_115407.tif
  • A camouflaged radial filefish (Acreichthys radiatus) blends in perfectly among the polyps of a Xenia sp. coral.  Wainilu, Rinca, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng140213_115412.tif
  • A sigillata pygmygoby (Eviota sigillata).  Wainilu, Rinca, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng140213_120731.tif
  • An ornate ghost pipefish (Solenostomus paradoxus).  Wainilu, Rinca, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
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  • An ornate ghost pipefish (Solenostomus paradoxus).  Wainilu, Rinca, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng140213_150432.tif
  • An intermediate-phase tricolor parrotfish (Scarus tricolor) shows an incredible rainbow of scale colors. Cannibal Rock, Komodo, Indonesia.
    echeng140214_112849.tif
  • A lizardfish (Synodus sp.). Ambush predator. Cannibal Rock, Horseshoe Bay, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng140214_115410.tif
  • Striped catfish (Plotosus lineatus) filter the sand in a large school. Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100306_0253738
    echeng100306_0253738.tif
  • Striped catfish (Plotosus lineatus) filter the sand in a large school. Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100306_0253746
    echeng100306_0253746.tif
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  • Panda anemonefish (Amphiprion polymus) and eggs on a Haddon's sea anemone (Stichodactyla haddoni). Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100304_0252532
    echeng100304_0252532.tif
  • Panda anemonefish (Amphiprion polymus) and eggs on a Haddon's sea anemone (Stichodactyla haddoni). Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100304_0252541
    echeng100304_0252541.tif
  • A freckled frogfish (Antennarius coccineus). Wainilu, Rinca, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
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  • A freckled frogfish (Antennarius coccineus). Wainilu, Rinca, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
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  • A freckled frogfish (Antennarius coccineus). Wainilu, Rinca, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng140205_192336.tif
  • Cockatoo waspfish (Ablabys taenianotus). Wainilu, Rinca, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng140205_193739.tif
  • A devil scorpionfish (Inimicus didactylus). Also called a spiny devilfish. Wainilu, Rinca, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng140205_194037.tif
  • A sebae anemonefish (Amphiprion sebae) in its host bulb tentacle sea anemone (Entacmaea quadricolor). These little guys have teeth! Rinca, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
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