Veined Octopus (Octopus marginatus) hiding in a discarded glass jar, using a scallop shell as a door. Also known as Coconut Octopus as it is often sighted in coconut shells. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific. Photo taken Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
White 'V' Octopus (Octopus sp. 18) mimicking a Jawfish. Like Mimic Octopus (Thaumoctopus mimicus), this octopus is a master of cryptic camouflage, often mimicking marine animals. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific. Photo taken Tulamben Bali, Indonesia © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
White 'V' Octopus (Octopus sp. 18) mimicking a Flounder. Like Mimic Octopus (Thaumoctopus mimicus), this octopus is a master of cryptic camouflage, mimicking marine animals. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific. Photo taken Tulamben Bali, Indonesia © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
White'V' Octopus (Octopus sp. 18) mimicking a Flounder. Like Mimic Octopus (Thaumoctopus mimicus), this octopus is a master of cryptic camouflage, mimicking marine animals. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific. Photo taken Tulamben Bali, Indonesia © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Black Marlin (Makaira indica) breaching on surface after taking a bait. Also known as Billfish. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia © John Ashley / OceanwideImages.com
Short-head Seahorse (Hippocampus breviceps) - female approaching male for egg transfer. Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia. Sequence - A1. © Rudie Kuiter / OceanwideImages.com
Short-head Seahorse (Hippocampus breviceps) - female placing ovipositor into males pouch ready for egg transfer. Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia. Sequence - A2. © Rudie Kuiter / OceanwideImages.com
Short-head Seahorse (Hippocampus breviceps) - female transferring eggs into males brood pouch. Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia. Sequence - A3. © Rudie Kuiter / OceanwideImages.com
Short-head Seahorse (Hippocampus breviceps) - male giving birth. Babies emerging from males brood pouch. Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia. Sequence - A5. © Rudie Kuiter / OceanwideImages.com
Short-head Seahorse (Hippocampus breviceps) - newborn hatchlings clinging to sea algae. Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia. Sequence - A6. © Rudie Kuiter / OceanwideImages.com
Southern Pot-belly Seahorse (Hippocampus bleekeri), female deciding which of the two males will carry her eggs. Found on a variety of soft-bottom habitats in southern Australia from Lakes Entrance to Great Australian Bight and around Tasmania. © Rudie Kuiter / OceanwideImages.com
White's Seahorse (Hippocampus whitei) - courting male and female. Central New South Wales, Australia. Sequence - C1. © Rudie Kuiter / OceanwideImages.com
White's Seahorse (Hippocampus whitei) - courting male and female. Central New South Wales, Australia. Sequence - C2. © Rudie Kuiter / OceanwideImages.com
White's Seahorse (Hippocampus whitei) - female approaching male for egg transfer. Central New South Wales, Australia. Sequence - C3. © Rudie Kuiter / OceanwideImages.com
White's Seahorse (Hippocampus whitei) - female approaching male for egg transfer. Central New South Wales, Australia. Sequence - C4. © Rudie Kuiter / OceanwideImages.com
White's Seahorse (Hippocampus whitei) - female prepares for egg transfer. Central New South Wales, Australia. Sequence - C5. © Rudie Kuiter / OceanwideImages.com
White's Seahorse (Hippocampus whitei) - female transferring eggs into males brood pouch. Central New South Wales, Australia. Sequence - C6. © Rudie Kuiter / OceanwideImages.com
White's Seahorse (Hippocampus whitei) - female transferring eggs into males brood pouch. Central New South Wales, Australia. Sequence - C7. © Rudie Kuiter / OceanwideImages.com
White's Seahorse (Hippocampus whitei) - female transferring eggs into males brood pouch. Central New South Wales, Australia. Sequence - C7. © Rudie Kuiter / OceanwideImages.com
White's Seahorse (Hippocampus whitei) - female transferring eggs into males brood pouch. Central New South Wales, Australia. Sequence - C8. © Rudie Kuiter / OceanwideImages.com
White's Seahorse (Hippocampus whitei) - male with eggs protruding from pouch after egg transfer. Central New South Wales, Australia. Sequence - C9. © Rudie Kuiter / OceanwideImages.com
White's Seahorse (Hippocampus whitei) - male giving birth. Babies emerging from males brood pouch. Central New South Wales, Australia. Sequence - C10. © Rudie Kuiter / OceanwideImages.com
White's Seahorse (Hippocampus whitei) - male giving birth. Babies emerging from males brood pouch. Central New South Wales, Australia. Sequence - C11. © Rudie Kuiter / OceanwideImages.com
Reef Octopus (Octopus pallidus) hatchlings emerging from eggs. Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia © Rudie Kuiter / OceanwideImages.com
Reef Octopus (Octopus pallidus) hatchlings emerging from eggs. Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia © Rudie Kuiter / OceanwideImages.com
Reef Octopus (Octopus pallidus) hatchlings emerging from eggs. Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia © Rudie Kuiter / OceanwideImages.com
Reef Octopus (Octopus pallidus) hatchlings emerging from eggs. Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia © Rudie Kuiter / OceanwideImages.com
Pygmy Octopus (Octopus sp.) with eggs. Tasmania, Australia © Rudie Kuiter / OceanwideImages.com
Pygmy Octopus (Octopus sp.) with eggs. Tasmania, Australia © Rudie Kuiter / OceanwideImages.com
Reef Octopus (Octopus cyanea) - a mating pair showing the male preparing to insert the modified third right arm into the oviduct of the female. Cocos (Keeling) Islands. Found on reefs in tropical Indo-West Pacific, from Hawaii to east Africa © Karen Willshaw / OceanwideImages.com
Reef Octopus (Octopus cyanea) - a mating pair showing the male preparing to insert the modified third right arm into the oviduct of the female. Cocos (Keeling) Islands. Found on reefs in tropical Indo-West Pacific, from Hawaii to east Africa © Karen Willshaw / OceanwideImages.com
Commensal Whip Coral Shrimp (Pontonides unciger), female with eggs, on Whip Coral. Found throughout the Indo-Pacific. Photo taken in Fiji. © David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com
Intermediate Cardinalfish (Cheilodipterus intermedius), male incubating a fertilised egg mass in its mouth. Also known as Inbetween Cardinalfish. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier reef, Australia. © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Intermediate Cardinalfish (Cheilodipterus intermedius), male incubating a fertilised egg mass in its mouth. Also known as Inbetween Cardinalfish. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier reef, Australia. © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Intermediate Cardinalfish (Cheilodipterus intermedius), male incubating a fertilised egg mass in its mouth. Also known as Inbetween Cardinalfish. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier reef, Australia. © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Intermediate Cardinalfish (Cheilodipterus intermedius), male incubating a fertilised egg mass in its mouth. Also known as Inbetween Cardinalfish. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier reef, Australia. © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Mandarin-fish (Pterosynchiropus splendidus) - courting behaviour of male and female. Found throughout West Pacific. Photo taken Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Cockatoo Flounder (Samaris cristata) - in defence posture with dorsal filaments extended. Found on silt and sand substrate throughout the Indo-West Pacific. Photo taken at Lembeh Strait, Sulawesi, Indonesia © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Flying Gurnard (Dactyloptena orientalis). Usually seen on sand and rubble in sheltered shallow bays, but also deep offshore, throughout Indo Pacific. Photo taken at Lembeh Strait, Sulawesi, Indonesia © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Flying Gurnard (Dactyloptena orientalis). Usually seen on sand and rubble in sheltered shallow bays, but also deep offshore, throughout Indo Pacific. Photo taken at Lembeh Strait, Sulawesi, Indonesia © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Rounded Porcupinefish (Cyclichthys orbicularis), inflated. Also known as Short-finned Porcupinefish. Found throughout the Ino-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Globefish (Diodon nichthemerus). Also known as Porcupinefish or Pufferfish. Often sighted on sheltered coastal reefs. Photo was taken in Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia. © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Globefish (Diodon nichthemerus). Also known as Porcupinefish or Pufferfish. Often sighted on sheltered coastal reefs. Photo was taken in Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia. © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Variegated Jawfish (Opistognathus solorensis), male brooding mature eggs in its mouth. Found throughout Indonesia, also Philippines. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle. © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Variegated Jawfish (Opistognathus solorensis), male brooding mature eggs in its mouth. Found throughout Indonesia, also Philippines. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle. © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Variegated Jawfish (Opistognathus solorensis), male brooding mature eggs in its mouth. Found throughout Indonesia, also Philippines. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle. © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Pink Anemonefish (Amphiprion perideraion) guarding eggs beneath Anemone mantle. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Panda Clownfish (Perca polymnus) - family amongst anemone tentacles. Also known as Saddleback Anemonefish. Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
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