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  • Head-on view of a male jewel fairy basslet (Pseudanthias squamipinnis), photographed in the Eastern Fields of Papua New Guinea
    jewel-fairy-basslet-pseudanthias-squ...tif
  • Yellownose shrimp goby with mouth open and fins flared. Many fish seem to do this from time to time, though the behaviour only lasts a split second.
    yellownose-shrimp-goby-Stonogobiops-..tiff
  • This is a close-up portrait of an Amblyeleotris shrimp goby, photographed at a magnification of three times life-size
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  • This is a lacy scorpionfish (Rhinopias aphanes) opening its mouth in a yawn-like fashion, extending and protruding its jaws in the process.
    rhinopias-aphanes-lacy-scorpionfish-...tif
  • Profile of a crab-eye goby (Signigobius biocellatus), a small fish that swims in a stuttered back-and-forth motion. This unique pattern of motion is said to be reminiscent of the side-to-side movement pattern that is characteristic of crabs. with the large signature spots on the fish’s dorsal fins resembling eyes.
    crab-eye goby-signigobius-biocellatu...tif
  • This is a slender grouper (Anyperodon leucogrammicus) being attended to by a blue-streaked cleaner wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus)
    anyperodon-leucogrammicus-slender-gr...tif
  • Zebra swimming up from sandy bottom at a reef located in Wolverine Passage, part of the Barrier Reef of Papua New Guinea
    Zebra-shark-Stegostoma-fasciatum-Pap...tif
  • Zebra shark lying on sandy bottom at a reef located in Wolverine Passage, part of the Barrier Reef of Papua New Guinea
    Zebra-shark-Stegostoma-fasciatum-Pap...tif
  • Orange basslets with sea fans on top of the arch at The Doghouse dive site in Diving Dog Passage on the Barrier Reef of Papua New Guinea
    Pseudanthias-squamipinnis-orange-bas...tif
  • Pseudanthias squamipinnis orange basslets with sea fans on top of the arch at The Doghouse dive site in Diving Dog Passage on the Barrier Reef of Papua New Guinea
    Orange-basslets-Pseudanthias-squamip...tif
  • Orange basslets with sea fans on top of the arch at The Doghouse dive site in Diving Dog Passage on the Barrier Reef of Papua New Guinea
    Sea-fan-with-Pseudanthias-squamipinn...tif
  • Staghorn coral formation at Point P dive site in the Eastern Fields of Papua New Guinea, with a large school of bigeye trevallies (Caranx sexfasciatus) swimming overhead
    caranx-sexfasciatus-bigeye-trevally-...tif
  • Aegires minor nudibranch in Bulolo Passage, located in the Barrier Reef of Papua New Guinea
    Aegires-minor-nudibranch-Papua-New-G...tif
  • Jewel fairy basslet in Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea. This photograph is a film scan.
    threadfin-anthias-pseudanthias-squam...tif
  • Super macro close-up 3x life-size magnification photograph of a yellow shrimp goby (Cryptocentrus cinctus) staring into camera lens, taken at Waga Waga in Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea
    Cryptocentrus-cinctus-yellow-shrimp-...tif
  • Super macro close-up 3x life-size magnification photograph of a shrimp goby (Amblyeleotris sp.) staring into camera lens, taken at Waga Waga in Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea
    Amblyeleotris-sp-goby-super-macro-wa...tif
  • Hardyhead silversides (Atherinomorus lacunosus) swarming under the jetty at Samarai Island in Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea.
    Hardyhead-silversides-Atherinomorus-...tif
  • Countless robust silversides (Atherinomorus lacunosus) swarming under the jetty at Samarai Island in Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea.
    school-of-robust-silversides-Atherin...tif
  • Enormous school of hardyhead silversides (Atherinomorus lacunosus) swarming under the jetty at Samarai Island in Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea.
    school-of-hardyhead-silversides-Athe...tif
  • Multicolored soft corals inflated to feed in the current passing over Sullivan's Patches, a beautiful coral reef located in Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea
    multicolored-soft-coral-sullivans-pa...tif
  • When the tides change and the currents run at Carl's Ultimate dive site in the Eastern Fields of Papua New Guinea, fish of all description swarm the reef by the millions. I've seen more fusilier damselfish (Lepidozygus tapeinosoma) like the ones pictured here at this dive site than I have at any other location I've ever dived. It is truly one of the world's greatest spectacles.
    Luzonichthys-waitei-basslets-swarmin...tif
  • Bright red sabre squirrelfish (Sargocentron spiniferum) peeking out from underneath a large, healthy coral formation on Carl's Ultimate dive site in the Eastern Fields of Papua New Guinea
    sabre-squirrelfish-sargocentron-spin...tif
  • A beautiful Lori's Anthias (Pseudanthias lori). This fish is male, with characteristic red, orange, yellow, blue and purple coloration on its body. Photographed at Carl's Ultimate dive site in the Eastern Fields of Papua New Guinea, a submerged coral reef atoll in the Coral Sea
    Pseudanthias-lori-basslet-anthias-ea...tif
  • A beautiful male Lori's Anthias (Pseudanthias lori), with characteristic red, orange, yellow, purple coloration on its body. Photographed at Carl's Ultimate dive site in the Eastern Fields of Papua New Guinea, a submerged coral reef atoll in the Coral Sea
    Pseudanthias-lori-anthias-basslet-ea...tif
  • A lone sponge perched on a ledge in the Eastern Fields, a submerged coral reef atoll in the Coral Sea of Papua New Guinea. Photographed to evoke the image of a solitary sentinel watching over the deep sea.
    illuminated-marine-sponge-coral-sea-...tif
  • A swarm comprising thousands of orange basslets (Pseudanthias squamipinnis) rising up from an enormous hard coral formation at the top of Lynda's Reef near Nuakata Island in Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea
    Pseudanthias-squamipinnis-swarm-lynd...tif
  • Super macro close-up 3x life-size magnification photograph of a rayed shrimp goby (Tomiyamichthys sp.), taken at Waga Waga in Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea
    rayed-shrimp-goby-Tomiyamichthys-sp-...tif
  • School of blackfin barracuda (Sphyraena qenie) at Black and Silver dive site near Nuakata Island in Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea
    blackfin-barracuda-Sphyraena-qenie-m...tif
  • Large school of bigeye scad schooling under the main wharf at Samarai Island in Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea
    Selar-crumenophthlamus-bigeye-scad-a...tif
  • Hardyhead silversides (Atherinomorus lacunosus) swarming around the coral-encrusted remains of a portion of the jetty at Samarai Island in Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea
    Hardyhead-silversides-Atherinomorus-...tif
  • Thousands of hardyhead silversides (Atherinomorus lacunosus) circling around the coral-encrusted remains of a jetty post at Samarai Island in Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea.
    Hardyhead-silversides-Atherinomorus-...tif
  • Large, unspoiled staghorn coral (Acropora sp.) viewed from the bottom-up, photographed at Craig's Ridge dive site in Moresby Strait, Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea
    Acropora-sp-coral-milne-bay-papua-ne...tif
  • Large sea fan with magenta slender basslets, Eastern Fields, Papua New Guinea. This photograph is a film scan.
    sea-fan-eastern-fields-papua-new-gui...tif
  • Beautiful orange lacy scorpionfish (Rhinopias aphanes) in Papua New Guinea
    Rhinopias-aphanes-lacy-scorpionfish-...tif
  • Super Macro photograph of a rhinophore of a beautiful lavender, white and yellow Hypselodoris bullocki nudibranch in Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea
    Hypselodoris-bullocki-rhinophore-mil...tif
  • A beautiful Lori's Anthias (Pseudanthias lori). This fish is male, with characteristic red, orange, yellow, blue and purple coloration on its body. Photographed at Carl's Ultimate dive site in the Eastern Fields of Papua New Guinea, a submerged coral reef atoll in the Coral Sea
    colorful-Pseudanthias-lori-basslet-m...tif
  • Red-tinted black coral tree (Antipathes sp.) surrounded by a school of orange fairy basslets (Pseudanthias squamipinnis) at the Black and Silver dive site in the Nuakata Island area of Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea.
    Antipathes-sp-black-coral-Pseudanthi...tif
  • Super macro close-up 3x life-size magnification photograph of a goby (Vanderhorstia sp.) staring into camera lens, taken at Waga Waga in Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea
    super-macro-Vanderhorstia-goby-face-...tif
  • Lacy scorpionfish (Rhinopias aphanes) sitting in plain view at the top of a reef at the Black and Silver dive site near Nuakata Island in Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea
    Rhinopias-aphanes-lacy-scorpionfish-...tif
  • Profile of a fast-moving yellowbelly damselfish (Amblyglyphidodon leucogaster) photographed at Carl's Ultimate dive site in the Eastern Fields of Papua New Guinea
    yellowbelly-damselfish-Amblyglyphido...tif
  • School of Yellowstripe Scad (Selaroides leptolepis) swimming under the jetty at Samarai Island in Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea
    Selaroides-leptolepis-yellowstripe-s...tif
  • Diver with large, healthy Tridacna gigas giant clam at a remote location in Papua New Guinea
    tridacna-gigas-giant-clam-and-diver-...tif
  • Aegires gardineri nudibranch photographed at Sawa Sawa Sawaga in Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea
    Aegires-gardineri-nudibranch-milne-b...tif
  • School of Yellowstripe Scad (Selaroides leptolepis) swimming under the jetty at Samarai Island in Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea
    Selaroides-leptolepis-yellowstripe-s...tif
  • Aegires gardineri nudibranch photographed at Sawa Sawa Sawaga in Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea
    Aegires-gardineri-nudibranch-milne-b...tif
  • School of Yellowstripe Scad (Selaroides leptolepis) swimming under the jetty at Samarai Island in Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea, one fish with its mouth wide open.
    Selaroides-leptolepis-yellowstripe-s...tif
  • School of Yellowstripe Scad (Selaroides leptolepis) swimming under the jetty at Samarai Island in Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea
    Selaroides-leptolepis-yellowstripe-s...tif
  • Jorunna funebris nudibranch with a somewhat unusual abundance of dark splotches. Photographed at Sawa Sawa Sawaga in Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea
    unusual-Jorunna-funebris-nudibranch-...tif
  • Profile view of a two-stripe damselfish (Dascyllus reticulatus)
    dascyllus-reticulatus-two-striped-da...tif
  • White-spotted pufferfish being cleaned by a bicolor cleaner wrasse. Photograph taken at Ambitle Island, one of the two islands in the Feni Island group, New Ireland, Papua New Guinea.
    white-spotted-pufferfish-cleaner-wra...tif
  • Juvenile yellowback tubelip (Labropsis xanthonota). Photograph from Feni Islands in New Ireland, Papua New Guinea.
    juvenile-yellowback-tubelip-Labropsi...tif
  • Rear view of a Chromodoris kuniei nudibranch, taken in Simpson Harbour, Rabul, New Britain, Papua New Guinea
    Chromodoris-kuniei-nudibranch-simpso...tif
  • White-spotted pufferfish being cleaned by a bluestreak cleaner wrasse, with the puffer looking back at the wrasse. Photograph taken at Ambitle Island, one of the two islands in the Feni Island group, New Ireland, Papua New Guinea.
    white-spotted-pufferfish-cleaner-wra...tif
  • Juvenile midnight snapper against a blue background. Photograph taken in the Feni Islands, New Ireland, Papua New Guinea.
    juvenile-midnight-snapper-Macolor-ma...tif
  • Beautiful whitish Hypselodoris bullocki nudibranch in a mucky bay at Sanambiet Island off New Ireland in Papua New Guinea
    Hypselodoris-bullocki-nudibranch-lag...tif
  • Juvenile midnight snapper against a blue background. Photograph taken in the Feni Islands, New Ireland, Papua New Guinea.
    juvenile-midnight-snapper-Macolor-ma...tif
  • Lubricogobius dinah goby sitting on top of its beer bottle home, located at 30 meters depth at Observation Point at Normanby Island in Milne Bay province, Papua New Guinea.
    Lubricogobius-dinah-goby-observation...tif
  • Juvenile midnight snapper against a blue background. Photograph taken in the Feni Islands, New Ireland, Papua New Guinea.
    juvenile-midnight-snapper-Macolor-ni...tif
  • Unspoiled orange-yellow sea fan with golden damselfish and orange basslets in the Eastern Fields of Papua New Guinea
    orange-yellow-sea-fan-anthias-damsel...tif
  • Soft coral with lots of magenta slender Anthias and a couple of golden damselfish, on a steep wall in the Eastern Fields of Papua New Guinea
    soft-coral-wall-dive-eastern-fields-...tif
  • Plush strawberry sherbet red Dendronephthya sp. soft coral with lots of fish swimming in the background. Photographed at Surprise Reef near Nuakata Island in Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea.
    Dendronephthya-sp-red-soft-coral-mil...tif
  • Lubricogobius dinah goby peeking out from its beer bottle home, located at 30 meters depth at Observation Point in Milne Bay province, Papua New Guinea.
    Lubricogobius-dinah-goby-observation...tif
  • Bright tangerine-orange lacy scorpionfish in Papua New Guinea
    tangerine-colored-rhinopias-aphanes-...tif
  • Healthy reef systems grow continuously, as illustrated here, with new coral growth atop old coral formations. Robust old-growth coral formations like this are common in areas without much human activity, such as the Eastern Fields of Papua New Guinea.
    robust-coral-growth-eastern-fields-p...tif
  • Dinah's goby (Lubricogobius dinah) sitting on top of a beer bottle. Observation Point at Normany Island in Milne Bay province, Papua New Guinea.
    Lubricogobius-dinah-goby-observation...tif
  • Large group of sea fans with lots of jewel fairy basslets, at Carl's Ultimate dive site in the Eastern Fields of Papua New Guinea
    sea-fans-with-jewel-fairy-basslets-P...tif
  • Colorful Dendronephthya sp. soft coral with fish swimming in the background. Photographed at Surprise Reef near Nuakata Island in Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea.
    colorful-Dendronephthya-soft-coral-n...tif
  • Yellow elephant ear sponge (Ianthella basta) with unique lighting to make it resemble a sculpture or work of modern art. Photographed at Hornbill Channel in Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea.
    Ianthella-basta-elephant-ear-sponge-...tif
  • Pair of Dinah's gobies (Lubricogobius dinah) with their beer-bottle home, found at a depth of 30 metres at Observation Point in Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea
    Lubricogobius-dinah-goby-with-beer-b...tif
  • Lubricogobius dinah goby sitting on top of its beer bottle home, located at 30 meters depth at Observation Point at Normanby Island in Milne Bay province, Papua New Guinea.
    Lubricogobius-dinah-goby-observation...tif
  • When small fish like basslets, damselfish and other reef residents appear in large numbers with the change of tide at Carl's Ultimate dive site in the Eastern Fields of Papua New Guinea, predators such as bluefin trevally gather in packs to hunt them. This trevally used me for camouflage to approach the swarms of small fish, then charged straight in front of me in an attempt to grab a meal.
    bluefin-trevally-Caranx-melampygus-h...tif
  • Pretty pink Commerson's frogfish sitting on a sponge concealed by sea fans, at a dive site called Shaw Thing in the Eastern Fields of Papua New Guinea. This dive was the first time that Captain Craig of Golden Dawn had come across one of these frogfish in the Eastern Fields even though he had been diving the area for about 20 years at the time of this encounter.
    pretty-pink-frogfish-Antennarius-com...tif
  • Potato cod being cleaned by three bluestreak cleaner wrasses at Carl's Ultimate dive site in the Eastern Fields of Papua New Guinea. There is also a cleaner shrimp visible on the fish's lower jaw.
    potato-cod-Epinephelus-tukula-cleane...tif
  • Potato cod being cleaned by bluestreak cleaner wrasse, Carl's Ultimate dive site in the Eastern Fields of Papua New Guinea
    potato-cod-Epinephelus-tukula-cleane...tif
  • Bright orange Merlet's scorpionfish in Papua New Guinea with attitude in its facial expreesion
    orange-Rhinopias-aphanes-lacy-scorpi...tif
  • Purple Queen Anthias in Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea
    purple-queen-anthias-Pseudanthias-tu...tif
  • Healthy gorgonian sea fans at Deacon's Reef in Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea. Bob Halstead has picked up broken sea fans over many years and planted these sea fans on this wall, producing a beautiful dive site, with overhanging trees visible above.
    red-gorgonian-sea-fan-deacons-reef-m...tif
  • Wall of gorgonian sea fans at Deacon's Reef in Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea. Bob Halstead has picked up broken sea fans over many years and planted these sea fans on this wall, producing a beautiful dive site, with overhanging trees visible above.
    red-gorgonian-sea-fan-deacons-reef-m...tif
  • Squat lobster in a crinoid, one of the largest ones I've seen. There were many large squat lobsters like this at Alexander's Wall, a dive site in the Eastern Fields of Papua New Guinea. This photograph is a film scan.
    elegant-squat-lobster-allogalathea-e...tif
  • Squat lobster in a crinoid, carrying a clutch of eggs, just visible under the crustacean's abdomen. There were many exceptionally large squat lobsters at Alexander's Wall, a dive site in the Eastern Fields of Papua New Guinea. This photograph is a film scan.
    elegant-squat-lobster-with-eggs-allo...tif
  • Large school of humphead parrotfish patrolling the Eastern Fields of Papua New Guinea, very early in the morning. There were several hundred fish in the school.
    school-of-humphead-parrotfish-Bolbom...tif
  • There are still virgin reefs like this that few people have seen, where unspoiled corals carpet the reef system and countless fish gather to feed in the currents. This photograph is from a dive site called Tokyo Express in the Eastern Fields of Papua New Guinea.
    unspoiled-coral-reef-millions-of-fis...tif
  • Beautiful, undamaged sea fans like this are characterstic of healthy tropical reefs. Photograph taken in the Eastern Fields of Papua New Guinea
    sea-fan-and-evening-sun-eastern-fiel...tif
  • Pair of Dinah's gobies (Lubricogobius dinah) with their beer-bottle home, with the fish inside the bottle is turned upside-down. These gobies were at a depth of 30 metres at Observation Point in Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea.
    Pair-of-Lubricogobius-dinah-gobies-w...tif
  • This is my friend Eric Cheng photographing a large school of barracuda at a dive site called Point P in the Eastern Fields of Papua New Guinea. Eric is diving with a KISS sport rebreather.
    eric-cheng-chevron-barracuda-Sphyrae...tif
  • Millions of fusilier damselfish (Lepidozygus tapeinosoma) swarming over a pristine coral reef called Carl's Ultimate, located in the Eastern Fields of Papua New Guinea
    pristine-coral-reef-millions-of-fish...tif
  • Lionfish patrolling the edge of Suzie's Bommie, a popular dive site accessible from Lololata Island Resort near Port Moresby. This small but healthy reef is always teeming with life, including large schools of sweetlips, thousands of basslets and many other marine organisms. This image is licensed on an exclusive basis to BBC through 29 October 2021.
    lionfish-Pterois-volitans-loloata-su...tif
  • Gymnodoris aurita devouring a Marionia sp. nudibranch. The entire process took about 50 minutes.
    Gymnodoris-aurita-eating-Marionia-nu...tif
  • Orange-yellow crinoid feather star perched on a coral branch, filtering nutrients from the passing current. The position and color of this crinoid reminded me of a sunflower.
    crinoid-feather-star-with-backlighti...tif
  • Unusually patterned clown anemonefish (Amphiprion percula), missing the orange patch on its anterior dorsal area just behind the white stripe. This photograph is a film scan.
    unusual-clown-anemonefish-amphiprion...tif
  • A school of bigeye jacks (Caranx sexfasciatus) moving across a shallow reef top, moving together en masse in order to take advantage of the concept of safety in numbers.
    bigeye-trevally-school-caranx-sexfas...tif
  • White-spotted pufferfish being cleaned by a bluestreak cleaner wrasse. Photograph taken at Ambitle Island, one of the two islands in the Feni Island group, New Ireland, Papua New Guinea.
    white-spotted-pufferfish-cleaner-wra...tif
  • Male purple queen Anthias (Pseudanthias tuka), photographed in New Ireland, Papua New Guinea.
    pseudanthias-tuka-male-purple-queen-...tif
  • Spotted garden eel (Heteroconger hassi) head-on, photographed at Restorf Island, Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea
    spotted-garden-eel-heteroconger-hass...tif
  • Colorful male jewel fairy basslet (Pseudanthias squamipinnis) photographed in the Eastern Fields of Papua New Guinea
    jewel-fairy-basslet-male-eastern-fie...tif
  • Juvenile humpback red snapper (Lutjanus gibbus). Photograph from Kokopo, Papua New Guinea.
    juvenile-humpback-red-snapper-Lutjan...tif
  • Pretty little yellow Ambon damselfish facing the camera with its mouth wide open. Photographed at Gotoi Bay in Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea.
    Pomacentrus-amboinensis-ambon-damsel...tif
  • Pair of Dinah's gobies (Lubricogobius dinah) with their beer-bottle home, at Observation Point in Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea
    Dinahs-goby-pair-Lubricogobius-dinah...tif
  • Darkfin chromis (Chromis atripes), photographed in the Eastern Fields of Papua New Guinea
    darkfin-chromis-atripes-papua-new-gu...tif
  • Red-margin shrimp goby opening its mouth for a brief moment. Amblyeleotris rubrimarginatus in Papua New Guinea
    amblyeleotris-rubrimarginatus-red-ma...tif
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