Found this cute little 1” #goby living on a feathery #SeaPen today while looking for something completely different. Tomorrow will be my first day not diving in 3.5 weeks - gotta head to the city to restock “supplies”🍷 #tulamben #muckdiving #gug #chrisgug #gugunderwater

Had a surprise encounter with this massive Bluespotted Pufferfish. He was huuuuungry, and chomped away at this & that on the reef. #bluespottedpufferfish #pufferfish #arothron #arothtoncaeruleopunctatus #bali #tulamben #chrisgug #gugunderwater #gug #scubadiving #underwater

This little 1” goby is caring for several clutches of eggs. The newest ones are more solid, while the most mature have little eyeballs and tails inside. She had glued all of them to this tunicate. #goby #gobywitheggs #gobyeggs #tulamben #chrisgug #gugunderwater #gug

I mean…. It’s gotta tickle, right? A scarlet cleaner shrimp plays doctor with an emperor angelfish from last week. #cleaningstation #symbiosis #scarletcleanershrimp #emperorangelfish #tulamben #bali #chrisgug #gug #gugunderwater

The weedy #rhinopias (Rhinopias frondosa) is a holy grail species for any fish nerd, and I returned to shoot this guy several days in a row. #rhinopiasfrondosa #weedyrhinopias #chrisgug #gug #gugunderwater

I’ve never seen so many anemones in all my life! Every surface covered in anemones as far as the eye could see! . . #anemone #clownfish #anemonefish #emperorangelfish #tulamben #bali #chrisgug #gugunderwater #gug

New print release in the Fish Faces Collection! “TURTLE ECLIPSE OF THE SUN”. See the full story behind the shot at gugunderwater.com/item/turtle-ec… Originally shot as a horizontal image, it’s quite flexible, so it also works well as a vertical, square, or panoramic crop.

I’ve watched this pair of #clownfish through two breeding cycles over the past month and a half - as of yesterday morning, they’re empty nesters once again. It’s been cool documenting the process and watching the eggs develop. #anemone #tulamben #gug #chrisgug #gugunderwater

First (and only) time seeing this species - and this doesn’t appear to be a larval-stage - perhaps a juvenile, just post-metamorphosis. #soapfish #larvalsoapfish #blackwater #blackwaterdiving #blackwaterphotography #chrisgug #gug #gugunderwater

I slowed down this vid in the beginning, but let it get to its actual real speed - crazy! Admittedly, I kept wondering how this #polychaete #worm would be in a marinara sauce, covered in pecorino romano🤤 Shot in #Okinawa. #marineworm #polychaeteworm

A beautifully-crowned #Tonguefish larvae (#Cynoglossidae sp.), drifting with the #plankton in #Okinawa. Don’t worry - it gets more “tongue-y” as it gets to its adult stage. #flatfish #fishlarvae #deepseafish #blackwater #blackwaterdiving #gug #chrisgug #gugunderwater

A young #argonaut #octopus (aka “paper #nautilus”) hitches a ride atop a muave stinger #jellyfish. #papernautilus #symbiosis #muavestinger #🐙 #🪼 #blackwater #blackwaterphotography #blackwaterdiving #chrisgug #gugunderwater #gug #kumejima #okinawa #marinelife

The largest larval-stage #Lucibrotula corethromycter cusk eel I’ve ever seen! #cuskeel #larvalfish #deepseafish #deepsea #deepseacreatures #lucibrotula #blackwater #blackwaterdiving #blackwaterphotography #gug #chrisgug #gugunderwater #scubadiving #underwater

Here’s a weird one for ya - even by my standards! This #crab #megalopa has a pair of #barnacles growing out of its forehead! #parasitism #symbiosis #blackwater #blackwaterdiving #blackwaterphotography #okinawa #chrisgug #gugunderwater #gug

One of the smallest Armored Sea Robins that I’ve ever seen - its body a little larger than a pea. This is the same species featured in my Aliens Collection Print, “Alien #27”. #armoredsearobin #searobin #larvalfish #deepseafish #blackwaterdiving #chrisgug #gug #gugunderwater

Jellyfish helmet! This larval-stage jack fish (aka trevally) is living inside the #jellyfish for protection against whatever might come his way. #jackfish #trevalley #jellyfish #🪼 #symbiosis #blackwater #blackwaterdiving #blackwaterphotography #gug #chrisgug #gugunderwater

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How cute! This Bony-Eared Assfish has a pet amphipod! And yes, that’s the actual name of this this #fish - the bony-eared #assfish #Acanthonus armatus #cuskeel #bonyearedassfish #acanthonusarmatus #blackwaterdiving #deepseafish #larvalfish #deepsea #chrisgug #gugunderwater #gug

Crazy-looking larval cusk eel with an impressive external gut. We’re still not sure why having the intestines on the outside is advantageous, but there must be a good reason 🤔 TL ~2.5cm #cuskeel #larvalfish #deepseafish #deepseacreatures #blackwaterdiving #chrisgug #gug

Ctenophores, more commonly called comb jellies, are pretty much everywhere in all oceans, but they’re incredibly hard to see during the day. But at night... #combjelly #colloblasts #blackwaterdiving #blackwater #blackwaterphotography #okinawa #kume #chrisgug #gug #gugunderwater