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  • An enormous aggregation of camouflage groupers (also called marbled groupers, Epinephelus polyphekadion) at Fakarava's south pass (Tomakohua), French Polynesia. This was taken about a week before the spawning event, and does not show full density of fish.
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  • An enormous aggregation of camouflage groupers (also called marbled groupers, Epinephelus polyphekadion) at Fakarava's south pass (Tomakohua), French Polynesia. This was taken about a week before the spawning event, and does not show full density of fish.
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  • A lacey scorpionfish (Rhinopias aphanes) in perfect camouflage. Wai Verang, Lembata, Indonesia.
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  • A camouflaged radial filefish (Acreichthys radiatus) blends in perfectly among the polyps of a Xenia sp. coral.  Wainilu, Rinca, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
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  • A camouflaged radial filefish (Acreichthys radiatus) blends in perfectly among the polyps of a Xenia sp. coral.  Wainilu, Rinca, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
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  • 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
  • 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 painted frogfish (Antennarius pictus) side utterly still, waiting for fish to ambush. A fimbriated moray eel (Gymnothoras fimbriatus) slides by underneath it. Cannibal Rock, Horseshoe Bay, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
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  • A Phyllodesmium sp. nudibranch. Sizzler, Wai Verang, Lembata, Indonesia.
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  • Painted frogfish (Antennarius pictus). Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100307_0253870
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  • A crinoid squat lobster (Allogalathea elegans) in its host crinoid / feather star. Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia.
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  • A painted frogfish (Antennarius pictus) side utterly still, waiting for fish to ambush. Cannibal Rock, Horseshoe Bay, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng140210_113506.tif
  • Broadclub cuttlefish (Sepia latimanus). Wainilu, Rinca, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
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  • Sometimes, a cooperative subject will allow you to get a strobe behind it. This soft coral crab (Hoplophrys oatesii) blends in perfectly with its host Dendronephthya sp. soft coral host.
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  • The super-tiny algae shrimp (Phycocaris similans) is almost impossible to spot, even when you know where it is. Sizzler, Wai Verang, Lembata, Indonesia.
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  • A crinoid squat lobster (Allogalathea elegans) in its host crinoid / feather star. Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia.
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  • A juvenile circular spadefish (Platax orbicularis), which looks like a floating leaf. Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100307_0254076
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  • A Denise's pygmy seahorse (Hippocampus denise) hides on its host gorgonian sea fan while scuba diver Alexis Tabah observes, from behind. This kind of photo shows the true size of a pygmy seahorse. They are tiny! Rabaul, Papua New Guinea.
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  • A mosaic octopus (Abdopus abaculus). Torpedo Alley, Nusa Kode, Rinca, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
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  • A flamboyant cuttlefish (Metasepia pfefferi) catches a shrimp goby after waiting for over 3 minutes, motionless and camouflaged. Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100307_0253952
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  • A flamboyant cuttlefish (Metasepia pfefferi) catches a shrimp goby after waiting for over 3 minutes, motionless and camouflaged. Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100307_0253952
    echeng100307_0253952.tif
  • This was an incredible find. These three sea slugs are Phestilla sp.—the first anyone in our group had ever seen. They are almost perfectly camouflaged on the coral upon which they sit, and are laying egg spirals as they move. Only the strobe light at an angle makes them pop out enough from the background to be noticed. Photo taken at Hot Rocks in Sangeang, Indonesia.
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  • This was an incredible find. These three sea slugs are Phestilla sp.—the first anyone in our group had ever seen. They are almost perfectly camouflaged on the coral upon which they sit, and are laying egg spirals as they move. Only the strobe light at an angle makes them pop out enough from the background to be noticed. Photo taken at Hot Rocks in Sangeang, Indonesia.
    echeng111118_152510.tif
  • This was an incredible find. This sea slug is a Phestilla sp.—the first anyone in our group had ever seen. It is almost perfectly camouflaged on the coral upon which it is sitting, and is laying egg spirals behind it. Only the strobe light at an angle makes this sucker pop out enough from the background to be noticed. Photo taken at Hot Rocks in Sangeang, Indonesia.
    echeng111118_151733.tif
  • A Jakobsen's phyllodesium (Phyllodesmium jakobsenae), nearly perfectly camouflaged next to its Xenia soft coral prey, which it both resembles and feeds upon. Sangeang, Indonesia.
    echeng111117_165840.tif
  • A Jakobsen's phyllodesium (Phyllodesmium jakobsenae), nearly perfectly camouflaged amongst Xenia soft coral, which it both resembles and feeds upon. Pulau Raja, Indonesia.
    echeng111107_122822.tif
  • A flamboyant cuttlefish (Metasepia pfefferi) catches a shrimp goby after waiting for over 3 minutes, motionless and camouflaged. Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100307_0253968
    echeng100307_0253968.tif
  • A Jakobsen's phyllodesium (Phyllodesmium jakobsenae), nearly perfectly camouflaged amongst Xenia soft coral, which it both resembles and feeds upon. Sangeang, Indonesia.
    echeng111118_191655.tif
  • A Jakobsen's phyllodesium (Phyllodesmium jakobsenae), nearly perfectly camouflaged next to its Xenia soft coral prey, which it both resembles and feeds upon. Sangeang, Indonesia.
    echeng111117_165806.tif
  • A tiger crinoid shrimp (Laomenes tigris), perfectly camouflaged on its host crinoid. Pulau Raja, Indonesia.
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  • A Jakobsen's phyllodesium (Phyllodesmium jakobsenae), nearly perfectly camouflaged amongst Xenia soft coral, which it both resembles and feeds upon. Sangeang, Indonesia.
    echeng111118_192852.tif
  • A Jakobsen's phyllodesium (Phyllodesmium jakobsenae), nearly perfectly camouflaged amongst Xenia soft coral, which is both resembles and feeds upon.
    echeng111107_122907.tif
  • A flamboyant cuttlefish (Metasepia pfefferi) catches a shrimp goby after waiting for over 3 minutes, motionless and camouflaged. Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. echeng100307_0253968
    echeng100307_0253968.tif