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Dasycaris ceratops "Ceratops" means "horn face" and sounds like an insult invented by teenagers. Originally the name was applied to a...

This Harlequin Swimming shrimp looks like a boxer, staring me down.

This nudibranch patiently made its way toward me, gently waving its front margin, as I worked to focus the camera lens.

Cymolutes torquatus, AKA Finescale Razorfish or Collared Knifefish This Finescale Razorfish was one of the first creatures I spotted at...

Emperor Shrimp Riding a Sea Cucumber Emperor Shrimp spend most of their lives riding on sea cucumbers, or other mounts including...

Yellow gobies peer from the neck of their bottle home. Yellow Pygmy Gobies often make their homes in bottles. For the gobies, wine...

Infant Lionfish I spotted this tiny lionfish on the sand, near Anilao Pier. The fish was quite patient and allowed me to approach....

Commensal shrimp This commensal shrimp has partly buried itself in its host. I am guessing that the shrimp is Pliopontonia furtiva. It's...

Anemone horseshoe worm These horseshoe worms live at the base of an anemone at China Point , blurrily visible in the background. I...

Yellow-lipped Krait This yellow-lipped krait glided past me, pushing her head into every nook and cranny in the reef. I raced to keep...

A Coleman Shrimp has found a home amid the spines of a fire urchin. Coleman shrimp are surprisingly well camoflaged among the spines of fire urchins. Coleman shrimp live only on certain species of fire urchins, commonly in pairs, but this one's partner was not around at the moment. Usually I try to touch nothing underwater, but while making this photo I brushed my hand against a fire urchin and got a spine in my thumb. It was extremely painful for a couple of hours, then subs