The ocean and its inhabitants inspire wonder, fuel curiosity, and invite discovery. As a marine life photographer and larval fish researcher, I document how marine fishes live in the wild and investigate how they grow, transform, and survive through their earliest and most fragile stages. Here you’ll find photo reports from my underwater encounters, along with detailed species culture research revealing what fishes need to thrive—and why so many remain challenging to raise.
Komodo National Park’s underwater environment is one of the most hydrodynamically complex and ecologically vibrant marine ecosystems on Earth. The ...
Tulamben is a small fishing village on the northeast coast of Bali, Indonesia, about three hours by car from Denpasar ...
Schooling bait fish are one of the ocean’s great spectacles. Their fluid motion and ever-shifting silver forms are mesmerizing. When ...
Raja Ampat’s extraordinary marine biodiversity and pristine reefs make it a paradise for divers, snorkelers, and nature enthusiasts. Strong currents ...
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Cave Cardinalfish juveniles (Zapogon evermanni) were raised on copepods, rotifers, and Artemia. Larval duration was about 50 days. First documented ...
Dwarf Perchlet juveniles (Plectranthias nanus) were raised from captive-spawned eggs on rotifers, copepods, and Artemia. Larval duration was about 50 ...
Juvenile Schooling Bannerfish (Heniochus diphreutes) were raised from wild-spawned eggs in 2013 and again in 2025, using different larval rearing ...
Juvenile Shortnose Wrasse (Macropharyngodon geoffroy) were reared from wild-collected eggs using cultured live foods and micropellets. Larval duration was 50 ...
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Juvenile pink anemonefish (Amphiprion perideraion). Indonesia.
Clouds of chromis and anthias sweep above a densely packed coral garden in Komodo National Park, Indonesia. The extraordinary abundance of both fish and corals captures the energy and richness of Komodo’s reefs.
Adult Bluestripe Snapper (Lutjanus kasmira) surround a wrecked crow's nest in about 20' of water off Oahu
A striped marlin hunts a mackerel baitball. Magdalena Bay, Mexico
A pair of Orange Anemonefish (Amphiprion percula) in Stichodactyla gigantea. A. percula larvae use chemical cues to find their host anemone and then develop a protective mucous coat through repeated contact. This mucus prevents stings from the anemone’s nematocysts, ensuring their safety.
Red lionfish (Pterois volitans) on a wreck. After years of seeing lionfish wreck havoc on Bahamaian reefs I finally cooked one up for dinner. Surpriginly, they're declious!
Snorkeling in the Galapagos Islands with adult king angelfish (Holocanthus passer) feeding on plankton. The shallows around the Galapagos Islands are so full of life - there’s almost no need to dive here. Galapagos Islands.
Here's a fish living up to its name. While patiently stalking a school of preoccupied reef fishes, this trumpetfish suddenly opened its small mouth in trumpet-like fashion and sucked in a milletseed butterflyfish. It took less the fish less than 5 minutes to muscle the oversized meal down into its stomach.
Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) displaying its powerful flipper. Hawaii.
Great hammerhead shark (Sphyrna mokarran) in the Bahamas.
Green turtle (Chelonia mydas) circling in the turquoise waters of Hawaii. Over 90% of the Hawaiin Green Sea Turtle’s nesting activity occurs at French Frigate Shoals in the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument (Northwest Hawaiian Islands). Hawaii.
Ringtail Cardinalfishes (Ostorhinchus aureus) crowd the cavities of an old tire artificial reef, using the complex structure for shelter. Cardinalfish reproduction is unusual among reef fishes: males mouthbrood the developing eggs until fully formed larvae hatch and enter the plankton. Tulamben, Bali, Indonesia
A manta ray (Manta birostris) at night. Hawaii.
Five mantas feeding on plankton at the manta ray night dive in Kona, Hawaii.
Motion blur of golden sweepers (Parapriacanthus ransonneti) schooling in cave. Papua New Guinea.
Whale shark (Rhincodon typus) silhouette. Mexico.
Female Larvacean carrying eggs swims out of its house on a blackwater dive. Larvaceans build houses out of mucus to filter food from the water. Gam Island, Raja Ampat, Indonesia.
Close up of schooling yellowtail fusiliers (Caesio cuning). Papua New Guinea.
Taylor's Pygmy Leatherjacket (Brachaluteres taylori) juvenile – Approximately 10 mm in size. This tiny leatherjacket varies in color from yellow and green to greyish, adorned with fine dark lines and rows of pale spots along its head and body. Juveniles are typically pale yellow to greyish, speckled with small dark spots.
Soft corals, crinoids, and sponges cover the reef as schooling fish move through the water, with a bold yellow butterflyfish adding contrast. Playnemo, Raja Ampat, Indonesia
A close-up of the of the red pencil urchin (Heterocentrotus mammillatus) showing the spines and skeleton (test). The color pattern varies from red to brown. Pencil urchins are especially common in the sialnds. Back in the day, Hawaiians used the dried out spines to write with.
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