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  • A coconut octopus (Amphioctopus marginatus). Hot Property, Beangabang, Pantar, Indonesia.
    echeng111102_074110.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.
    echeng111103_162025.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 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 Phestilla melanobrachia (the first I had ever seen). Sangeang, Indonesia.
    echeng111117_081538.tif
  • An undescribed dragonet (Synchiropus sp.). Torpedo Alley, Nusa Kode, Rinca, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng111113_182452.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
  • A harlequin swimming crab (Lissocarcinus laevia) adopts a defensive posture as I approach. Sangeang, Indonesia.
    echeng111118_081031.tif
  • A ladybug amphipod in the Cyproideidae family sits on a blue tunicate. Yellow Wall, Nusa Kode, Rinca, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng111111_154317.tif
  • A Phyllodesmium sp. nudibranch. Sizzler, Wai Verang, Lembata, Indonesia.
    echeng111103_184131.tif
  • A Marionia sp. nudibranch—totally bizarre and incredible. The diversity of nudibranchs in the Komodo area is staggering. Sangeang, Indonesia.
    echeng111118_193711.tif
  • A pygmy pipefish (Micrognathus pygmaeus). Nusa Kode, Rinca, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng111113_113056.tif
  • Ladybug amphipods in the Cyproideidae family sit on a colorful soft coral. Yellow Wall, Nusa Kode, Rinca, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng111111_152917.tif
  • This bright green Periclimenaeus storchi shrimp lives inside a large Didemnum molle tunicate. We did a night dive at this particular site in Alor, and many of the Didemnum molle tunicates contained critters living inside of them (I saw 2 different shrimps and an amphipod). All of the critters fled from lights, and getting this picture took over half an hour of careful planning and execution. Photo by Eric Cheng, taken with Canon 7D, 100mm macro lens, Nauticam underwater housing, Light & Motion Sola 600 focus light, 2 x Ikelite DS-125 strobes.
    echeng111105_192449.tif
  • A small green shrimp holds on for deal life in strong current. Sizzler, Wai Verang, Lembata, Indonesia.
    echeng111104_184703.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
  • An Armina sp. sea slug. Hot Property, Beangabang, Pantar, Indonesia.
    echeng111101_192321.tif
  • A small skeleton shrimp (Caprella sp.) hangs off of a larger one. Sizzler, Wai Verang, Lembata, Indonesia.
    echeng111103_185715.tif
  • Two mating coconut octopi (Amphioctopus marginatus). The male extends a  special arm called a hectocotylus and delivers spermatophores in the female's mantle cavity. Beangabang, Indonesia.
    echeng111101_184218.tif
  • A tiny Berry's bobtail squid (Euprymna berryi). These squid come out at night and are usually an incredibly-bright iridescent blue and green. Photographed in Alor Kecil, Indonesia.
    echeng111030_185406.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.
    echeng111118_152726.tif
  • A zebra urchin crab (Zebrida adamsii) safely on its host fire urchin (Asthenosoma varium). Torpedo Alley, Nusa Kode, Rinca, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng111112_121220.tif
  • A tiny amphipod sits on a hydroid. Gedong, Indonesia.
    echeng111105_185937.tif
  • A tiny algae shrimp (Phycocaris simulans). Wai Verang, Lembata, Indonesia.
    echeng111104_080138.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
  • A cluster of healthy, colorful soft coral on the reef on Cannibal Rock, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng111113_074411.tif
  • 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
  • One tiny amphipod does battle with another while perched on a hydroid. Immediately after this frame was taken, the purple amphipod tossed the other one off of the hydroid. Sangeang, Indonesia.
    echeng111118_190140.tif
  • Juvenile marbled shrimp complex (Saron sp.). Sangeang, Indonesia.
    echeng111117_191145.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
  • A mosaic octopus (Abdopus abaculus). Torpedo Alley, Nusa Kode, Rinca, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng111111_120101.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 small blenny has formidable teeth when viewed up close. Pulau Raja, Flasher Reef.
    echeng111107_112327.tif
  • A poison ocellate octopus (Amphioctopus siamensis) displays its telltale iridescent blue ring. Hot Property, Beangabang, Pantar, Indonesia.
    echeng111102_080801.tif
  • Two cockatoo waspfishes (Ablabys taenianotus) swim into the water column to mate. Kalabahi Sound, Alor, Indonesia.
    echeng111031_182003.tif
  • This is not a particularly great picture of a zebra shark (Stegostoma varium), but we only saw one of them on our trip to Indonesia, and I had to photograph it using a 100mm macro lens. Sangeang, Indonesia.
    echeng111117_075241.tif
  • I have no idea what this is (a blob on a hydroid!). A scientist friend says that it is likely a newly settled ascidian that will divide to form a colony. Sangeang, Indonesia.
    echeng111117_192306.tif
  • A pom-pom taringa (Taringa halgerda). The book says this is rare. Rinca, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng111113_120228.tif
  • A mosaic octopus (Abdopus abaculus). Torpedo Alley, Nusa Kode, Rinca, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng111111_120107.tif
  • A crinoid squat lobster (Allogalathea elegans) in its host crinoid. Torpedo Alley, Nusa Kode, Rinca, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng111111_114816.tif
  • A tiger crinoid shrimp (Laomenes tigris), perfectly camouflaged on its host crinoid. Pulau Raja, Indonesia.
    echeng111107_115723.tif
  • Mating olive purse crabs (Leucosia pubescens). Wai Verang, Lembata, Indonesia.
    echeng111104_193452.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, Indonesia)
    echeng111103_184903-2.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
  • A pregnant soft coral porcelain crab (Lissoporcellana nakasonei) shows eggs while filtering for food. Torpedo Alley, Nusa Kode, Rinca, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng111112_184755.tif
  • 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.
    echeng111107_082452.tif
  • The mating ritual of two cockatoo waspfishes (Ablabys taenianotus). Kalabahi Sound, Alor, Indonesia.
    echeng111031_181904.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 boxer crab (Lybia tesselata) shows off its anemone boxing gloves. Sangeang, Indonesia.
    echeng111117_120333.tif
  • A yellow-tipped Phyllodesmium (Phyllodesmium briareum). Sangeang, Indonesia.
    echeng111117_073346.tif
  • A harlequin swimming crab (Lissocarcinus laevia) safe in its host anemone. Nusa Kode, Rinca, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng111113_111036.tif
  • Tiny amphipods. Torpedo Alley, Nusa Kode, Rinca, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng111111_185137.tif
  • A ladybug amphipod in the Cyproideidae family sits on a colorful soft coral. Yellow Wall, Nusa Kode, Rinca, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng111111_154045.tif
  • A juvenile saron shrimp sticks around for a single picture before disappearing into the reef. Pulau Raja, Indonesia.
    echeng111107_082844.tif
  • A tiny Berry's bobtail squid (Euprymna berryi). These squid come out at night and are usually an incredibly-bright iridescent blue and green. Photographed in Alor Kecil, Indonesia.
    echeng111030_185406.tif
  • Larval shrimp swarm behind the pulsing polyps of a Xenia sp. coral. Pancuran / Slugfest, Alor.
    echeng111029_153611.tif
  • A tiny isopod. Pink Beach, Loh Liang, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng111110_184959.tif
  • The super-tiny algae shrimp (Phycocaris similans) is almost impossible to spot, even when you know where it is. Sizzler, Wai Verang, Lembata, Indonesia.
    echeng111104_115318.tif
  • A lacey scorpionfish (Rhinopias aphanes) in perfect camouflage. Wai Verang, Lembata, Indonesia.
    echeng111103_161548.tif
  • A soft coral porcelain crab (Lissoporcellana nakasonei) on a sea pen. Hot Property, Beangabang, Pantar, Indonesia.
    echeng111101_074349.tif
  • A Xenocarcinus tuberculatus spider crab on its host Cirrhipathes leutkeni wire coral. These guys look truly alien! This one is very pregnant. (Alor, Indonesia)
    echeng111029_110811.tif
  • A magnificent ceratosoma nudibranch (Ceratosoma magnificum) in Horseshoe Bay, Rinca, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng111112_080310.tif
  • This bright green Periclimenaeus storchi shrimp lives inside a large Didemnum molle tunicate. We did a night dive at this particular site in Alor, and many of the Didemnum molle tunicates contained critters living inside of them (I saw 2 different shrimps and an amphipod). All of the critters fled from lights, and getting this picture took over half an hour of careful planning and execution. Photo by Eric Cheng, taken with Canon 7D, 100mm macro lens, Nauticam underwater housing, Light & Motion Sola 600 focus light, 2 x Ikelite DS-125 strobes.
    echeng111105_192449.tif
  • A Xenocarcinus tuberculatus spider crab on its host Cirrhipathes leutkeni wire coral. These guys look truly alien! This one is very pregnant. (Alor, Indonesia)
    echeng111029_110811.tif
  • The tiny, perfectly-camouflaged algae shrimp (Phycocaris simulans). Sangeang, Indonesia.
    echeng111118_185500.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.
    echeng111118_152510.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
  • Tiny amphipods in the Lysianassidae family, on a small solitary anemone on a sandy slope. Torpedo Alley, Nusa Kode, Rinca, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng111113_184448.tif
  • Skeleton shrimp (Caprella sp.) are truly alien. They are tiny, and it is only when they are viewed at high magnification that one starts to see how amazing they are. Look at those claws! The cloud around this caprellid's torso is a ball of baby skeleton shrimp. They have clustered around the shrimp that their mother has caught, and are devouring it. Torpedo Alley, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng111111_193454.tif
  • Ladybug amphipods in the Cyproideidae family sit on a colorful soft coral. Yellow Wall, Nusa Kode, Rinca, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng111111_153007.tif
  • A ladybug amphipod in the Cyproideidae family sits on the outstretched arm of a feather star (crinoid). Yellow Wall, Nusa Kode, Rinca, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng111111_152152.tif
  • A juvenile longhorn cowfish (Lactoria comuta). Torpedo Alley, Nusa Kode, Rinca, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng111111_113312.tif
  • A Xenia swimming crab (Caphyra sp.) in a Xenia sp. coral. Mucky Mosque, Alor, Indonesia.
    echeng111031_185019.tif
  • A cluster of healthy, colorful soft coral on the reef on Cannibal Rock, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng111113_073032.tif
  • A hairy squat lobster (Lauriea siagiani) safe within its host sponge. Sangeang, Indonesia.
    echeng111117_114642.tif
  • Tiny amphipods in the Lysianassidae family, on a small solitary anemone on a sandy slope. Torpedo Alley, Nusa Kode, Rinca, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng111112_183457.tif
  • A magnificent ceratosoma nudibranch (Ceratosoma magnificum) in Horseshoe Bay, Rinca, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng111112_080310.tif
  • A ladybug amphipod in the Cyproideidae family sits on the outstretched arm of a feather star (crinoid). Yellow Wall, Nusa Kode, Rinca, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng111111_152102.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 warty frogfish (Antennarius maculatus) yawns. Sizzler, Wai Verang, Indonesia.
    echeng111103_193321.tif
  • A poison ocellate octopus (Amphioctopus siamensis) feeds on a crab. Hot Property, Beangabang, Pantar, Indonesia.
    echeng111102_082643.tif
  • A pregnant soft coral porcelain crab (Lissoporcellana nakasonei) on a sea pen. You can see the white eggs near the bottom of the crab. Beangabang Bay, Pantar, Indonesia.
    echeng111101_075217.tif
  • Juvenile clark's anemonefish (Amphiprion clarkii) in a bulb-tentacle sea anemone (Entacmaea quadricolor). Alor Kecil, Indonesia.
    echeng111030_081049.tif
  • A cluster of healthy, colorful soft coral on the reef on Cannibal Rock, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng111113_073032.tif
  • A peacock mantis shrimp (Odontodactylus scyllarus) poses for my camera. Sizzler, Wai Verang, Lembata, Indonesia.
    echeng111103_151749.tif
  • An abstract reticulidia (Reticulidia fungia) nudibranch. Kalabahi Sound, Alor, Indonesia.
    echeng111029_111050.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
  • Reticulated chromodoris (Chromodoris reticulata). Sangeang, Indonesia.
    echeng111117_160650.tif
  • A boxer crab (Lybia tesselata) shows off its anemone boxing gloves. Sangeang, Indonesia.
    echeng111117_115908.tif
  • Ladybug amphipods in the Cyproideidae family sits on the outstretched arm of a feather star (crinoid). Yellow Wall, Nusa Kode, Rinca, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng111111_152308.tif
  • Schools of fish fill the water column at Castle Rock, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng111108_112852.tif
  • A Marionia sp. nudibranch—totally bizarre and incredible. The diversity of nudibranchs in the Komodo area is staggering. Sangeang, Indonesia.
    echeng111118_194425.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
  • This longnose hawkfish (Oxycirrhites typus) has been infested by a parasitic isopod. Poor fish. Sangeang, Indonesia.
    echeng111117_074030.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
  • Tiny amphipods in the Lysianassidae family, on a small solitary anemone on a sandy slope. Torpedo Alley, Nusa Kode, Rinca, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng111113_183755.tif
  • A striated frogfish (Antennarius striatus). Torpedo Alley, Nusa Kode, Rinca, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng111112_192349.tif
  • Jellyfish carry crab (Ethusa sp.) carrying a jelly for protection. Torpedo Alley, Nusa Kode, Rinca, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng111112_121504.tif
  • A tiny emperor shrimp (Periclimenes imperator) lives on a large sea cucumber. Horseshoe Bay, Rinca, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng111112_080816.tif
  • Tiny ladybug amphipods in the Cyproideidae family in large numbers on a sponge. Yellow Wall, Nusa Kode, Rinca, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
    echeng111112_073816.tif
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