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Group of Grey Reef Sharks (Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos) swimming close to the bottom, Tahiti, French Polynesia

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© Gabriel Barathieu / Biosphoto

Coral ball sheltering a multitude of damselfish on the shore of the S-shaped pass. Mayotte

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Green turtle (Chelonia mydas) at blue hour on N'gouja beach, Mayotte

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Dusky grouper (Epinephelus marginatus), protected species, Punta Palazzu site in the Scandola Marine Nature Reserve, Parc Naturel Régional de Corse

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© Colin Marshall / Biosphoto

Corallites of Honeycomb Coral, (Diploastrea heliopora), classified as Near Threatened, Underwater Temple dive site, Pemuteran, Buleleng Regency, Bali, Indonesia

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Four-colour nudibranch (Godiva quadricolor) on a plastic bottle in Laguna Torrefumo, Mediterranean sea, Italy

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Electric Crab (Achaeus spinosus) with transplanted anemones for defence and camouflage on Ascidian (Ascidiidae Family), night dive, Torpedo Alley dive site, Horseshoe Bay, Nusa Kode, south Rinca Island, Komodo National Park, Indonesia

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Harmless tracer ink injected into Barrel Sponge (Xestospongia testudinaria), to demonstrate flow patterns, Cannibal Rock dive site, Horseshoe Bay, Nusa Kode, south Rinca Island, Komodo National Park, Indonesia

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© Franco Banfi / Biosphoto

Dugong (Dugong dugon) feeding on a seagrass meadow (Halophila stipulacea). Marsa Alam, Egypt. Red Sea

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Pod of Spinner dolphins (Stenella longirostris) swimming over shallow sandy lagoon. Marsa Alam, Egypt. Red Sea

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Juvenile Rockmover Wrasse (Novaculichthys taeniourus), Suanggi Island dive site, Banda Islands, Indonesia, Banda Sea

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Spawning Barrel Sponge (Xestospongia testudinaria), Suanggi Island dive site, Banda Islands, Indonesia, Banda Sea

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Chinese Sea Snake (Laticauda semifasciata) with sun in background, Red Cliff dive site, Manuk Island, Indonesia, Banda Sea

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Titan Triggerfish (Balistoides viridescens) eating coral with Red Coral Grouper (Cephalopholis miniata), Andiamo dive site, Dara Island, Misool, Raja Ampat, Indonesia

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Chinese Sea Snake (Laticauda semifasciata) swimming around coral, Snake Ridge dive site, Manuk Island, Maluku, Banda Sea, Indonesia

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Red-lined Flabellina Nudibranch (Flabellina rubrolineata), Tanjung Uli dive site, night dive, Weda, Halmahera, North Maluku, Indonesia, Halmahera Sea

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Common octopus (Octopus vulgaris), off Capbreton, Landes, France

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Underwater portrait of Atlantic walrus (Odobenus rosmarus) with its most prominent feature the long tusks, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norwegian archipelago, Norway, Arctic Ocean

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European eel (Anguilla anguilla), Port of Sète, Hérault, Occitanie, France

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Release of European eels (Anguilla anguilla) as part of a study on the management of stocks, during the downstream period, Port of Sète, Hérault, Occitanie, France

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Golden grey mullet (Chelon auratus) devouring oocytes released by a large mother-of-pearl (Pinna nobilis), in the Etang de Thau, Hérault, France

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Poison Ocellate Octopus (Octopus mototi) on blue fabric, TK3 dive site, Lembeh Straits, Sulawesi, Indonesia

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Yellowtail clownfish (Amphiprion nigripes) protecting itself in its anemone. symbiosis, mutualism. Maldiva's Islands, Indian Ocean.

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Brandt's cormorant (Phalacrocorax penicillatus), feeding on a bait ball of sardines, Los Islotes, Espiritu Santo Island, La Paz Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico, East Pacific Ocean

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Brandt's cormorant (Phalacrocorax penicillatus), feeding on a bait ball of sardines, Los Islotes, Espiritu Santo Island, La Paz Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico, East Pacific Ocean

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Brandt's cormorant (Phalacrocorax penicillatus), feeding on a bait ball of sardines, Los Islotes, Espiritu Santo Island, La Paz Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico, East Pacific Ocean

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In a moment we’ve been surrounded and dazed by the curiosity of these California sea lion (Zalophus californianus) that seemed to have found us as playmates, while they were probably enjoying our blunder. They are used at the contact with the persons, because they are steadily studied and controlled by the researchers of the University of La Paz. Los Islotes, Espiritu Santo Island, La Paz Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico, East Pacific Ocean

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In a moment we’ve been surrounded and dazed by the curiosity of these California sea lion (Zalophus californianus) that seemed to have found us as playmates, while they were probably enjoying our blunder. They are used at the contact with the persons, because they are steadily studied and controlled by the researchers of the University of La Paz. Los Islotes, Espiritu Santo Island, La Paz Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico, East Pacific Ocean

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© Franco Banfi / Biosphoto

An unbelievable large school of sardines, moving as one unit, opens while each individual tries to escape at the maw of grouper and dentex. The tiny sardines found themselves in a situation which limited their chances of survival, since they were locked up between the surface and the shallow bottom, with very few possibilities to escape the predators’ mouths. The large school was so big to darken the natural light coming through the surface in the shallow water and frantically moved apart under the attacks of the groupers and dentex, to reassemble shortly after. The school of fishes continually changed shapes, similarly to the flocks of starlings in the sky.
I remained hours in the shallow water, doing my best to take a representative picture, while avoiding to be part of the feast. Species : Sardines, Leopard grouper (Mycteroperca rosacea), Dentex
Conservation status : Least concerned Location: Los Islotes rockeries, Espiritu Santo archipelago, Sea of Cortez, Mexico The area was declared part of a Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO in 1995

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Camouflage grouper (Epinephelus polyphekadion) gathered for spawning, Fakarava, French Polynesia

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Under the Hole, the door to the mesophotic zone, under an arch in natural light at a depth of 60 metres. Mayotte

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Reproduction. Common stingray (Dasyatis pastinaca) mating. Fish from the Canary Islands, Tenerife.

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Spotted sea hare, (Aplysia dactylomela) a tropical Atlantic species considered alien in Mediterranean Sea where first seen in 2002 and likely self-established due to increasing temperatures. Puolo Bay, Marine Protected area Punta Campanella, Massa Lubrense, Penisola Sorrentina, Costa Amalfitana, Italy, Tyrrhenian Sea, Mediterranean

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Tube anemone (Cerianthidae sp) catch macro plancton, Mayotte

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White spotted octopus (Octopus macropus) above bottom. Marine invertebrates of the Canary Islands.

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Release of gametes from barrel sponges (Xestospongia testudinaria), Mayotte

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Tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier) and Humpback red snapper (Lutjanus gibbus), Tahiti, French polynesia

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Happy fFsh, Bluestriped fangblenny (Plagiotremus rhinorhynchos) sticking her head out of her hole with a joyful smile, Mayotte

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Imperial shrimp (Periclimenes imperator) on Blue sea cucumber (Actinopyga caerulea), in front of Siladen Island, Bunaken National Park, North Sulawesi, Indonesia

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Corals potato in the S-shaped channel during a high low tide, Mayotte

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Pink whipray (Pateobatis fai) on the surface at sunset in a lagoon, French Polynesia

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Snaketooth deepsea swallower (Kali macrodon), Tahiti, French Polynesia

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Brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) feeding underwater, Eastern Pacific Ocean, Bahia Magdalena, Baja California, Mexico

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Sicklefin Lemon Shark, Negaprion acutidens. Aka sharptooth lemon shark or Indo-Pacific Lemon Shark. White Valley, Tahiti, Society Islands, French Polynesia.

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Great Hammerhead Shark, Sphyrna mokarran. The largest species of hammerhead shark attaining lengths of upto 6m. South Bimini Island, Bahamas, Caribbean Sea.

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© Gabriel Barathieu / Biosphoto

Red lionfish (Pterois volitans) in front of a Sea Fan, Andaman Sea, Thailand

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Common octopus (Octopus vulgaris), in Port-Cros National Park, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France

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'Octopus Training', At the end of a session of free diving, I noticed a soccer ball, in the distance and on the surface. Intrigued I approached it, and then I noticed that below it was an octopus that was being pulled along by the current. I do not know what it was doing under the ball, but I think it is training for the next football World Cup! There was time for me to take a couple of shots before the octopus let go of the ball and dropped back to the seabed.

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Giant manta (Manta birostris) with a 6 meter wingspan over the Misool reef, Raja Ampat, Indonesia

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Lettuce coral in spinning, Raja Ampat, Indonesia