Photos
Highlights
Marine life
Underwater scenery
Schools
Endemic(*) marine life
*Marine animals found around the Japanese Oceans.
Macro World
Squid and Octopus
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Ceratosoma trilobatum and Emperor shrimp Sebastes inermis Periclimenes imperator
Tateyama, Chiba -
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Blackbellied angler Lophius litulon
Osezaki, Shizuoka -
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Bikunin Liparis tessellatus
Namerikawa, Toyama -
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Yellowstriped Butterfish Labracoglossa argentiventris
Hatsushima, Shizuoka -
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Table coral Ishigaki Island, Okinawa -
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broadclub cuttlefish Sepia latimanus
Yakushima, Kagoshima
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Longnose lancetfish Alepisaurus ferox
Osezaki, Shizuoka -
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Blackbellied angler(young) Lophius litulon
Oomijima, Yamaguchi -
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Sand tiger shark Carcharias taurus
Ogasawara Islands,Tokyo -
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Sand tiger shark Carcharias taurus
Ogasawara Islands,Tokyo -
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Blackbellied angler(young) Lophius litulon
Oomijima, Yamaguchi -
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Plesionika grandis Plesionika grandis
Izu Oshima, Tokyo -
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Stellar rockskipper Entomacrodus stellifer
Osezaki, Shizuoka -
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Kuroda's sea hare Aplysia kurodai
Ainan, Ehime -
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Plesionika grandis Plesionika grandis
Izu Oshima, Tokyo -
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Pacific green turtle Chelonia mydas
Hachijo Island, Tokyo -
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Pacific green turtle Chelonia mydas
Hachijo Island, Tokyo -
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Korean seahorse Hippocampus haema
Oomijima, Yamaguchi -
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Japanese angelshark Squatina japonica
Hatsushima, Shizuoka -
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Pacific green turtle Chelonia mydas
Hachijo Island, Tokyo -
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Blackbellied angler Lophius litulon
Osezaki, Shizuoka -
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Blackbellied angler Lophius litulon
Osezaki, Shizuoka -
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Round ribbontail ray Taeniura meyeni
Hachijo Island, Tokyo -
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Pacific green turtle Chelonia mydas
Hachijo Island, Tokyo -
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Willowy flounder Tanakius kitaharae
Namerikawa, Toyama -
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Asian sheepshead wrasse Semicossyphus reticulatus
Tateyama, Chiba -
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Asian sheepshead wrasse Semicossyphus reticulatus
Tateyama, Chiba -
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Japanese sea bass Lateolabrax japonicus
Osezaki, Shizuoka -
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Blackbellied angler(eggs) Lophius litulon
Osezaki, Shizuoka -
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Blackbellied angler(eggs) Lophius litulon
Osezaki, Shizuoka -
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Red seabream Pagrus major
Koganezaki, Shizuoka -
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Japanese sea bass Lateolabrax japonicus
Osezaki, Shizuoka
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coral and Honnibe croaker Nibea mitsukurii
Ishigaki Island, Okinawa -
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Sand and coral Ishigaki Island, Okinawa -
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Shallow seaweed Osezaki, Shizuoka -
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Table coral Ishigaki Island, Okinawa -
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Seaweed Oomijima, Yamaguchi -
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Hard and soft coral Ainan, Ehime -
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Seaweed Ainan, Ehime -
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Tide pool Izu Oshima, Tokyo -
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Soft coral Okinoshima, Fukuoka -
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Hard coral Iriomote Island, Okinawa -
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Hard coral Hachijo Island, Tokyo -
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White-spotted pufferfish(Spawning bed) Torquigener albomaculosus
Amami Oshima, Kagoshima -
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White-spotted pufferfish(Spawning bed) Amami Oshima, Kagoshima -
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Seawee and coral Ushibuka, Kumamoto -
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Coral Hachijo Island, Tokyo -
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Coral Ishigaki Island, Okinawa -
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Coral Ishigaki Island, Okinawa -
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Coral Iriomote Island, Okinawa -
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Coral Ishigaki Island, Okinawa -
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Coral Tateyama, Chiba -
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Short-quill sea pen Virgularia gustaviana
Tateyama, Chiba -
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Short-quill sea pen Virgularia gustaviana
Ainan, Ehime -
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Undewater channel Yakushima, Kagoshima -
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Seaweed Susaki, Kochi -
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Seaweed Susaki, Kochi -
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Seaweed Kinkowan, Kagoshima -
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Table coral Acropora studeri
Nagasaki -
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Asian kelp Undaria pinnatifida
Hayama, Kanagawa
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Nagahana Antias Pseudanthias elongatus
Osezaki, Shizuoka -
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tomato sea bass &Scalefin anthia Cephalopholis sonnerati & Pseudanthias squamipinnis
Izu Oshima, Tokyo -
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Flathead grey mullet Mugil cephalus
Osezaki, Shizuoka -
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Japanese jack mackerel Trachurus japonicus
Osezaki, Shizuoka -
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Largescale blackfish Girella punctata
Osezaki, Shizuoka -
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Scalefin anthia Pseudanthias hypselosoma
Iriomote Island, Okinawa -
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Chicken grunt Parapristipoma trilineatum
Hachijo Island, Tokyo -
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Spotnape cardinalfish Ostorhinchus notatus
Hachijo Island, Tokyo -
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School of Scalefin anthia Pseudanthias hypselosoma
Osezaki, Shizuoka -
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Scalefin anthia Pseudanthias squamipinnis
Okinoshima, Fukuoka -
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lunar-tailed bigeye Priacanthus hamrur
Hachijo Island, Tokyo -
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gold-lined large-eyed bream Gnathodentex aureolineatus
Iriomote Island, Okinawa -
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Yellowstriped Butterfish Labracoglossa argentiventris
Hatsushima, Shizuoka -
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Yellowfin goatfish Mulloidichthys vanicolensis
Hachijo Island, Tokyo -
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Rifle cardinal Ostorhinchus kiensis
Osezaki, Shizuoka -
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Chicken grunt Parapristipoma trilineatum
Osezaki, Shizuoka -
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Heller's barracuda Sphyraena helleri
Hachijo Island, Tokyo -
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Northern yellow-spotted Chromis Chromis yamakawai
Hachijo Island, Tokyo -
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Northern yellow-spotted Chromis Chromis yamakawai
Hachijo Island, Tokyo -
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Magenta Slender Anthias Luzonichthys waitei
Osezaki, Shizuoka -
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Yellowstriped Butterfish Labracoglossa argentiventris
Mikomoto, Shizuoka -
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Double lined fusilier Pterocaesio digramma
Mikomoto, Shizuoka -
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Spotstripe snapper Lutjanus ophuysenii
Yakushima, Kagoshima -
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Bigeye scad Selar crumenophthalmus
Kushimoto, Wakayama -
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Scalefin anthia Pseudanthias squamipinnis
Osezaki, Shizuoka -
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Chicken grunt Parapristipoma trilineatum
Ainan, Ehime -
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Chromis Chromis
Ainan, Ehime -
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Japanese splendid perch Callanthias japonicus
Okinoshima, Fukuoka -
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Japanese splendid perch Callanthias japonicus
Okinoshima, Fukuoka -
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Red-belted anthias Pseudanthias rubrizonatus
Kinkowan, Kagoshima -
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Scalefin anthia Pseudanthias squamipinnis
Osezaki, Shizuoka -
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Magenta Slender Anthias Luzonichthys waitei
Osezaki, Shizuoka -
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Sakura anthias Sacura margaritacea
Osezaki, Shizuoka -
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Japanese jack mackerel Trachurus japonicus
Osezaki, Shizuoka -
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Sakura anthias Sacura margaritacea
Osezaki, Shizuoka -
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Japanese red seaperch Sebastes inermis
Osezaki, Shizuoka
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Sakura anthias (♂♀） Sacura margaritacea
Osezaki, Shizuoka -
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wrought-iron butterflyfish Chaetodon daedalma
Hachijo Island, Tokyo -
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Blue-striped angelfish Chaetodontoplus septentrionalis
Kinkowan, Kagoshima -
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Japanese angelfish(young) Centropyge interrupta
Hachijo Island, Tokyo -
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Pseudoblennius zonostigma Pseudoblennius zonostigma
Osezaki, Shizuoka -
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Pseudoblennius zonostigma Pseudoblennius zonostigma
Osezaki, Shizuoka -
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Sakura anthias(♂） Sacura margaritacea
Osezaki, Shizuoka -
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Halfbanded angelfish Genicanthus takeuchii
Ogasawara Islands,Tokyo -
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Whitegirdled goby Pterogobius zonoleucus
Takeno, Hyogo -
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Serpentine goby Pterogobius elapoides
Takeno, Hyogo -
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Whitegirdled goby Pterogobius zonoleucus
Oomijima, Yamaguchi -
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Whitegirdled goby Pterogobius zonoleucus
Oomijima, Yamaguchi -
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Whitegirdled goby Pterogobius zonoleucus
Oomijima, Yamaguchi -
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Japanese red rockfish Sebastes inermis
Osezaki, Shizuoka -
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Crosshatch Triggerfish Xanthichthys mento
Hachijo Island, Tokyo -
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White-spotted pufferfish Torquigener albomaculosus
Amami Oshima, Kagoshima -
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wrought-iron butterflyfish Chaetodon daedalma
Hachijo Island, Tokyo -
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White-spotted pufferfish Torquigener albomaculosus
Amami Oshima, Kagoshima -
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Crosshatch Triggerfish Xanthichthys mento
Hachijo Island, Tokyo -
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Bambooleaf wrasse Pseudolabrus sieboldi
Oomijima, Yamaguchi -
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Japanese pygmy seahorse Hippocampus japapigu
Hachijo Island, Tokyo -
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Japanese pygmy seahorse Hippocampus japapigu
Hachijo Island, Tokyo -
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Whitegirdled goby Pterogobius zonoleucus
Takeno, Hyogo -
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Yellowstriped Butterfish Labracoglossa argenteiventris
Osezaki, Shizuoka -
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Bikunin Liparis tessellatus
Namerikawa, Toyama -
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Japanese pygmy seahorse Hippocampus japapigu
Ogasawara Islands,Tokyo
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Green tiger prawn Penaeus semisulcatus
Osezaki, Shizuoka -
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Redwing searobin Lepidotrigla microptera
Namerikawa, Toyama -
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Dusky Nembrotha Nembrotha kubaryana
Ushibuka, Kumamoto -
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Stellar rockskipper Entomacrodus stellifer
Koganezaki, Shizuoka -
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Twospot anthias (young) Pseudanthias flavoguttatus
Izu Oshima, Tokyo -
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Kotohime nudibranch Goniodoridella sp. 4
Osezaki, Shizuoka -
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Tuberculated frogfish Antennatus tuberosus
Koganezaki, Shizuoka -
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Yatabe blenny Parablennius yatabei
Itoshima, Fukuoka -
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Tuberculated frogfish Antennatus tuberosus
Koganezaki, Shizuoka -
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Swallowtail Angelfish ♀ Genicanthus melanospilos
Ishigaki Island, Okinawa -
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Wire coral crab Xenocarcinus tuberculatus
Osezaki, Shizuoka -
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Swallowtail Angelfish ♂ Genicanthus melanospilos
Ishigaki Island, Okinawa -
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Squat shrimp Thor amboinensis
Osezaki, Shizuoka -
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Sunset anthias Pseudanthias parvirostris
Izu Oshima, Tokyo -
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Kishima Antias（young) Tosanoides flavofasciatus
Izu Oshima, Tokyo -
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Twospot anthias (young) Pseudanthias flavoguttatus
Izu Oshima, Tokyo -
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Neoclinus toshimaensis Neoclinus toshimaensis
Izu Oshima, Tokyo -
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Longfin anthias Pseudanthias ventralis
Ogasawara Islands,Tokyo -
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Black comb-tooth blenny Ecsenius namiyei
Koganezaki, Shizuoka -
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Vanderhorstia rapa Vanderhorstia rapa
Izu Oshima, Tokyo -
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Pteragogus aurigarius Pteragogus aurigarius
Nagasaki -
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Cherry Antias Sacura margaritacea
Osezaki, Shizuoka -
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Checked swallowtail Odontanthias borbonius
Osezaki, Shizuoka -
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Benihana Antias Pseudanthias sp
Osezaki, Shizuoka -
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Spotty-bellied greenling (eggs) Hexagrammos agrammus
Jogashima, Kanagawa -
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Spotty-bellied greenling (eggs) Hexagrammos agrammus
Jogashima, Kanagawa -
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Spotty-bellied greenling Hexagrammos agrammus
Jogashima, Kanagawa -
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Miniature melo Micromelo undatus
Izu Oshima, Tokyo -
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High-crowned seahorse Hippocampus coronatus
Jogashima, Kanagawa -
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Roundbelly cowfish, Lactoria diaphana
Hachijo Island, Tokyo -
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Uenoi lumpsucker Eumicrotremus uenoi
Takeno, Hyogo -
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Moss fringehead Neoclinus bryope
Takeno, Hyogo -
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High-crowned seahorse Hippocampus coronatus
Jogashima, Kanagawa -
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Heptacarpus pandaloides Minami Satsuma, Kagoshima -
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Hypselodoris apolegma Hypselodoris apolegma
Amami Oshima, Kagoshima -
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Combtooth blenny Salarias luctuosus
Makurazaki, Kagoshima -
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Combtooth blenny Salarias luctuosus
Makurazaki, Kagoshima -
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High-crowned seahorse Hippocampus coronatus
Jogashima, Kanagawa -
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Ceratosoma trilobatum and Emperor shrimp Sebastes inermis Periclimenes imperator
Tateyama, Chiba -
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Yellownose prawn-goby Stonogobiops xanthorhinica
Kinkowan, Kagoshima -
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Kudo's pygmy goby Trimma kudoi
Kinkowan, Kagoshima -
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Siphonfish Siphamia tubulata
Ainan, Ehime -
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Warty frogfish Antennarius maculatus
Osezaki, Shizuoka -
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Stellar rockskipper Entomacrodus stellifer
Osezaki, Shizuoka -
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Stellar rockskipper Entomacrodus stellifer
Osezaki, Shizuoka -
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Orange-striped shrimpgoby Stonogobiops yasha
Amami Oshima, Kagoshima -
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Leopard Anemone Shrimp Izucaris masudai
Osezaki, Shizuoka -
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Bullock's Hypselodoris Hypselodoris bullockii
Amami Oshima, Kagoshima -
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Zoramia viridiventer Zoramia viridiventer
Amami Oshima, Kagoshima -
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Mandarinfish Synchiropus splendidus
Amami Oshima, Kagoshima -
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Okhotsk atka mackerel Pleurogrammus azonus
Namerikawa, Toyama -
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Okhotsk atka mackerel Pleurogrammus azonus
Namerikawa, Toyama -
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Anemone shrimp Periclimenes magnificus
Amami Oshima, Kagoshima -
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Thornback cowfish Lactoria fornasini
Tateyama, Chiba -
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Unicorn shrimp Plesionika narval
Izu Oshima, Tokyo -
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Ardeadoris cruenta Ardeadoris cruenta
Amami Oshima, Kagoshima -
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Lethotremus awae Lethotremus awae
Susaki, Kochi -
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Lethotremus awae Lethotremus awae
Susaki, Kochi -
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Spotted sand-diver Trichonotus setiger
Hayakawa, Kanagawa -
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Lethotremus awae(young) Lethotremus awae
Susaki, Kochi -
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Mandarinfish Pterosynchiropus splendidus.
Amami Oshima, Kagoshima -
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Pygmy Seahorse Hippocampus bargabanti
Amami Oshima, Kagoshima -
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Squarespot anthias Pseudanthias pleurotaenia
Amami Oshima, Kagoshima -
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Blackbellied angler(eggs) Lophius litulon
Osezaki, Shizuoka -
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Japanese bigeye Pristigenys niphonia
Kushimoto, Wakayama -
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Blue hana goby Ptereleotris hanae
Oomijima, Yamaguchi -
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Yellow Pygmy Goby Lubricogobius exiguus
Oomijima, Yamaguchi -
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White-bar Anthias Pseudanthias leucozonus
Osezaki, Shizuoka -
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Magnificent Anemone Shrimp Periclimenes magnificus
Oomijima, Yamaguchi -
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Striped paper bubble Hydatina physis
Osezaki, Shizuoka -
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Sporochnus radiciformis Sporochnus radiciformis
Kushimoto, Wakayama -
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Zanzibar Whip Coral Shrimp Dasycaris zanaibarica
Ainan, Ehime -
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Hongkong butterflyfish Chaetodon wiebeli
Ainan, Ehime -
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Lined dartfish Ptereleotris grammica
Ainan, Ehime -
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One-stripe anthias Pseudanthias fasciatus
Osezaki, Shizuoka -
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Harlequin shrimp Hymenocera picta
Kashiwajima, Kochi -
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Blackspot bandfish Acanthocepola limbata
Osezaki, Shizuoka -
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Black coral goby Bryaninops tigris
Kashiwajima, Kochi -
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Barred-chin blenny Rhabdoblennius nitidus
Yakushima, Kagoshima -
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Basket Star Shrimp Lipkemenes lanipes
Kashiwajima, Kochi -
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Ornate slippery goby Lubricogobius ornatus
Minami Satsuma, Kagoshima -
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Anker's Whip Coral Shrimp Pontonides sp
Kinkowan, Kagoshima -
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Halichoeres tenuispinis Halichoeres tenuispinis
Nagasaki -
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Eplumula phalangium Eplumula phalangium
Osezaki, Shizuoka -
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Suna-bikunin Liparis punctulatus
Koganezaki, Shizuoka -
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Short dragonfish Eurypegasus draconis
Osezaki, Shizuoka -
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Sharp-nose garden eel Gorgasia taiwanensis
Osezaki, Shizuoka -
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Crosshatch Triggerfish Xanthichthys mento
Hachijo Island, Tokyo -
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Lyretail Hogfish(young) Bodianus anthioides
Izu Oshima, Tokyo -
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Thecacera sp Thecacera sp
Osezaki, Shizuoka -
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Hobbit Shrimp Odontonia sp
Kashiwajima, Kochi -
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Elegant blenny Omobranchus elegans
Oomijima, Yamaguchi -
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Tuberculatus Xeno crab Xenocarcinus tuberculatus
Osezaki, Shizuoka -
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Nagahana antias Pseudanthias elongatus
Osezaki, Shizuoka -
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Green tiger prawn Penaeus semisulcatus
Osezaki, Shizuoka -
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Pikachu nudibranch Thecacera pacifica
Osezaki, Shizuoka -
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Ornate slippery goby Lubricogobius ornatus
Minami Satsuma, Kagoshima
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Blue-lined octopus Hapalochlaena fasciata
Osezaki, Shizuoka -
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Common octopus Octopus vulgaris
Koganezaki, Shizuoka -
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Eggs of the Cuttlefish Sepia esculenta
Itoshima, Fukuoka -
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Paintpot cuttlefish Metasepia tullbergi
Itoshima, Fukuoka -
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Cuttlefish Sepia esculenta
Oomijima, Yamaguchi -
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Cuttlefish Sepia esculenta
Oomijima, Yamaguchi -
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Chiroteuthid squid Chiroteuthis picteti
Tago, Shizuoka -
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Cuttlefish Sepia esculenta
Oomijima, Yamaguchi -
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Sepia misakiensis Sepia misakiensis
Osezaki, Shizuoka -
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Bigfin reef squid Sepioteuthis lessoniana
Osezaki, Shizuoka -
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Coconut octopus Octopus marginatus
Osezaki, Shizuoka -
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Coconut octopus Octopus marginatus
Osezaki, Shizuoka -
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Cuttlefish Sepia esculenta
Koganezaki, Shizuoka -
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Cuttlefish Sepia esculenta
Koganezaki, Shizuoka -
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Coconut octopus Octopus marginatus
Osezaki, Shizuoka -
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Octopus ocellatus Octopus ocellatus
Namerikawa, Toyama -
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broadclub cuttlefish Sepia latimanus
Yakushima, Kagoshima -
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Sepia tokioensis Sepia tokioensis
Osezaki, Shizuoka -
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Sepia tokioensis Sepia tokioensis
Oomijima, Yamaguchi -
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Giant Pacific octopus Enteroctopus dofleini
Namerikawa, Toyama -
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Firefly squid Watasenia scintillans
Namerikawa, Toyama -
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Blue-lined octopus Hapalochlaena fasciata
Osezaki, Shizuoka -
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Paintpot cuttlefish Metasepia tullbergi
Itoshima, Fukuoka -
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Paintpot cuttlefish Metasepia tullbergi
Itoshima, Fukuoka -
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Octopus ocellatus Octopus ocellatus
Namerikawa, Toyama -
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Small-spot octopus Callistoctopus luteus
Osezaki, Shizuoka -
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Red ocean squid Ommastrephes bartramii
Osezaki, Shizuoka
