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The species is very rare in Yakushima island.

Portrait of a Hairy Red Hermit Crab (Dardanus lagopodes)

Ocellated frogfish (Fowlerichthys ocellatus), 7 cm, depth 10 m, Dauin, Negros Oriental, Philippines.

The same individual piece 8 months later
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/19668433

Paguritta gracilipes Melin, 1939

With parasitic amphipods

Possibly juvenile parrotfish?

One of the fastest swimming, nimblest fish I've ever seen. Paused just long enough for a photo.

Seen on a night dive

Lactoria diaphana
ウミスズメ

Oshima, Tokyo
東京都大島町

Estimated length - 2 m
Estimated depth - 8 m

The rarest of the rare...

very cool seeing these in real life, they were everywhere on the mudflat

A jimble (as locally known) with a partially digested grass clingfish in bell, on a shallow shore dive at 'hotspot' near jetty.