Latin name of the family is Antennariidae. There are about 47 known species of frogfish worldwide. Fascinating to divers and deadly for its prey, the frogfish is the ocean’s master…
Iridescent Scallop Pedum spondyloideum @Jeanette Johnson Every diver saw these scallops a lot of times. Some of us even tried to photograph them, fascinated by the row of unusual eyes…
Night dive in the tropical Indo-Pacific - it is always a possibility to find something new and strange. If you dived a lot after sunset you probably noticed strange transparent…
Extremely cryptic and always cute, Pygmy Seahorses are very popular among scuba divers and underwater photographers. First of them, Hippocampus bargibanti was described in 1970 and until 2003 remained alone,…
Acanthaster planci (Crown of Thorns) juvenile, 1.5 cm. First of all about the beauty: Crown of Thorns juveniles are really handsome in their own spiky-snowflake way. They develop spines and…
Lacy scorpionfish, Rhinopias aphanes holds top position on the bucket list of many underwater photographers. You can not find this fish visiting regular diving destinations like Anilao or Lembeh, you'd…
Harpa harpa The family Harpidae comprises elegant marine gastropods with shell, resembling the strings of a harp. They are nocturnal hunters, hiding in the sand during the day and feeding…
It is always nice to look at someone’s work, especially when it is done with endless enthusiasm. Our shrimp lives in burrows with Cryptocentrus gobies (Y-bar Shrimp Goby, Cryptocentrus fasciatus…
Pseudoceros imitatus (Mimic Flatworm), one of my favourite flatworms, mimic Phyllidiella pustulosa (Pimpled Phyllidiella), very common toxic nudibranch. Phyllidiella can emit very toxic substances on the skin, extracting them from…
Juveniles are often funny, like this small Blue-Eyed Hermit Crab, Dardanus scutellatus. You can easily recognise this crab by blue or grey eyes with white eyestalks and 1st antenna with back…