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Thought he had a mouthful of eggs - turned out to be a mouthful of teeth!

Approx. 10mm long

(EN) Clown coralblenny - (FR) Blennie clown
Ecsenius axelrodi orange stripes form, Bunaken marine park, Sulawesi, Indonesia

Largest O.tetricus I have ever seen!

White's Seahorse (Hippocampus whitei)
Sydney, Australia
Depth -7.0 m

Eastern Red Scorpionfish (Corpaena jacksoniensis)
Sydney, Australia
Depth -13.0 m
¹⁄₈₀ sec at ƒ / 6.3, ISO-2500
OLYMPUS M.14-42mm F3.5-5.6 EZ
Om Digital Solutions - OM-5
©2023 Mike Jones

Fish on left, under the anchor.

tip-to-toe 10cm

Eastern Blue Devil (Paraplesiops bleekeri)
Bare Island (west), Sydney
24/4/2023
Depth
©2023 Mike Jones

This guy swam up to our boat while fishing. It circled within 2 feet of the boat a bunch of times completely unafraid, assumedly looking for a handout.

Was waiting turn at a cleaning station.

Swansea Artificial Reef

Shinkoku Maru wreck

Kensho Maru wreck

Yamagiri Maru wreck

Nippo Maru wreck

Hoyo Maru wreck