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  • A striated or "hairy" frogfish (Antennarius striatus) waves its esca or lure in an attempt to attract prey. Some think that the fish's "hairs", which are actually dermal spinules,  are designed to make them look like urchins. My experience is that they are not always found among urchins, so the "hairs" are simply a good way of breaking up the fish's outline for camouflage.
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  • A lionfish (Pterois volitans) shows of its impressive mouthparts to warn off the photographer. These fish are voracious predators and are equipped with poisonous spines to deter the unwary. This image was taken in the Red Sea, where they are endemic. Relatively recently however, they have found their way to the Caribbean where they are decimating local fish species that are unprepared to deal with such an efficient predator.
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  • The "sharp end" of a reef lizardfish (Synodus variegatus) showing its many teeth. Their camouflage allows these these ambush predators feed largely on fish that they capture as they swim by.
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  • Pro underwater photographer, Alx Mustard poses over a school of French grunts (Haemulon flavolineatum).
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  • Nudibranchs will often climb up bits of coral in order to use their extraordinary chemo receptor rhinophores to "taste" the water and sense food sources and threats.
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  • Portrait and detail of the "hairs" of a striated frogfish (Antennarius striatus). Lembeh Straits, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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  • Portrait and detail of the "hairs" of a striated frogfish (Antennarius striatus). Lembeh Straits, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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  • Pro underwater photographer, Alx Mustard poses over a school of French grunts (Haemulon flavolineatum).
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  • Portrait and detail of the "hairs" of a striated frogfish (Antennarius striatus). Lembeh Straits, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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  • Far from the idyllic "Nemo" life in a host anemon, within a group of clownfish, there is a strict hierarchy of dominance. The largest and most aggressive female is found at the top. Only two clownfish, a male and a female, in a group reproduce through external fertilization. The clownfish are hermaphrodites, meaning that they develop into males first, and when they mature, they become females. If the female clownfish is removed from the group, such as by death, one of the largest and most dominant males would become a female. The rest of the remaining males will move up a rank on the hierarchy.
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  • A crocodile flathead (Cymbacephalus beauforti) keeps an eye on its surroundings. Their large eyes are explained by the fact that they are mostly nocturnal. Lembeh Straits, Indonesia.
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  • A clown frogfish  (Antennarius maculatus) makes its ponderous way across the sea bed. Frogfish move using their modified pectoral and pelvic fins to walk along the floor as this one is, not unlike a biped's walking gait  or they can make short "hops"  In the case of the latter, they move their pectoral fins simultaneously forward and back, transferring their weight to the pelvic fins while moving the pectorals forward.
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  • A small schhol of schoolmasters (Lutjanus apodus) under the dive boat on San Salvador, Bahamas
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