David Fleetham / Necklace seastar (Fromia monilis) on coral polyps, Yap, Micronesia.

David Fleetham / Red spotted guard crab (Trapezia tigrina), with eggs, in antler coral (Pocillopora eydouxi),, Yap, Micronesia.

David Fleetham / A Chinese commercial fishing boat at the dock in front of a tuna processing plant, Colonia, Yap, Micronesia.

David Fleetham / Young Yapese woman in a traditional outfit for cultural ceremonies, weaving a basket from a palm frond and surrounded by stone money in a village on the island of Yap, Micronesia. Model released.

David Fleetham / Fire dartfish (Nemateleotris magnifica) in front of Gorgonian fan coral, Yap, Micronesia.

David Fleetham / Yellow boxfish (Ostracion cubicus) adult, Yap, Micronesia.

David Fleetham / Bluestreak cleaner wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus) juvenile and adult inspecting a Black-blotched porcupinefish (Diodon liturosus) foraging on coral, off the island of Yap, Micronesia.

David Fleetham / Blue knee hermit crab (Dardanus guttatus) prefers shells with narrow openings such as this cone shell, Yap, Micronesia.

David Fleetham / Saffron Shrimpgoby (Ctenogobiops crocineus) living in a symbiotic relationship with a Blind snapping shrimp (Alpheus rapacida) which is excavating their den. The shrimp always keeps an antennae touchi...

David Fleetham / Surf crashing on the reef off the island of Yap, Micronesia. August 2019.

David Fleetham / Siphonophore (Agalma okeni) with venomous tentacles retracted, Yap, Micronesia.

David Fleetham / Flame tip hermit crab (Calcinus minutus), a left-handed hermit crab that is often found in branching hard corals, Yap, Micronesia.

David Fleetham / Girls in traditional dress worn for cultural ceremonies on tropical beach, hut and palm trees in background. Yap, Micronesia. 2013. Model released.

David Fleetham / Grey reef shark (Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos), two on patrol. Yap, Micronesia.

David Fleetham / Bluestreak cleaner wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus), two feeding on parasites on Topsail chub (Kyphosus cinerascens), over reef. Yap, Micronesia.

David Fleetham / Bridled anemonefish (Amphiprion frenatus) in a Bulb-tenacle sea anemone (Entacmaea quadricolor) in reef of finger coral, Yap, Micronesia.

David Fleetham / A traditional Mens House for cultural meetings and ceremonies in Colonia on the island of Yap, Micronesia. September 2017.

David Fleetham / Aerial view of the Manta Ray Bay Resort in the town of Colonia on the island of Yap, Micronesia. August 2017.

David Fleetham / Aerial view above the outer reef and Goofnuw Channel looking south to the island of Yap, Micronesia. August 2017.

David Fleetham / Yapese young people in traditional outfits for cultural ceremonies, Yap, Micronesia. September 2013.

David Fleetham / Young man in a traditional outfit for cultural ceremonies climbing a betel nut palm tree to harvest the nut on the island of Yap, Micronesia. September 2013. Model released.

David Fleetham / Close look at the claspers on a male Blacktip reef shark, (Carcharhinus melanopterus) Yap, Micronesia.

David Fleetham / Dash-dot goatfish (Parupeneus barberinus) Yap, Micronesia.

David Fleetham / Head on look at schooling Gold-spot emperor or bream (Gnathodentex aureolineatus) off the island of Yap, Micronesia.

David Fleetham / Common anemonefish (Amphiprion perideraion) associated with the anemone (Heteractis magnifica) Yap, Micronesia.

David Fleetham / Crocodile fish (Cymbacephalus beauforti) on a reef off the island of Yap, Micronesia.

David Fleetham / Rockmover wrasse (Novaculichthys taeniourus) juveniles, Yap, Micronesia.

David Fleetham / Pearlscale angelfish (Centropyge vrolikii) on a reef off the island of Yap, Micronesia.

David Fleetham / Black spotted puffer (Arothron nigropunctatus) resting on a coral reef off the island of Yap, Micronesia.

David Fleetham / Delicate hard corals grow in tiers on the slope above the Circus Wreck,Yap, Micronesia.

David Fleetham / Manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus) is mouth wide to be inspected by a bluestreak cleaner wrasse, Labroides dimidiatus, on a reef off the island of Yap, Micronesia.

David Fleetham / Close up image of a Commensal egg shell shrimp, (Hamopontonia corallicola) camouflaged in the tentacles of its host a short tentacle plate coral, (Heliofungia actiniformis0 Yap, Micronesia.

David Fleetham / Stonefish (Synanceia verrucosa) camouflaged, This species is capable of inflicting a painful, heart stopping wound with it's venomous dorsal spines. Yap, Micronesia.

David Fleetham / Longnose filefish (Oxymonacanthus longirostris) on a reef off the island of Yap, Micronesia.

David Fleetham / Threadfin cardinal (Apogon leptacanthus) Yap, Federated States of Micronesia.

David Fleetham / Spearing mantis shrimp (Lysiosquillina maculata) at the entrance to its den, Yap, Federated States of Micronesia.

David Fleetham / Red-banded prawn-goby (Amblyeleotris fasciata) sharing burrow with Shrimp (Alpheus bellulus) Yap, Micronesia.

David Fleetham / Blackspotted puffer (Arothron nigropunctatus) Yap, Federated States of Micronesia.

David Fleetham / Blackspotted puffer or dog-faced puffer (Arothron nigropunctatus) with swollen stomach after heavy meal, Yap, Federated States of Micronesia.

David Fleetham / Six-banded angelfish (Holacanthus sexstriatus) carefully checked out by a cleaner wrasse, on a reef off the island of Yap, Micronesia.

David Fleetham / Pajama cardinalfish (Sphaeramia nematoptera) at night off the island of Yap, Micronesia.

David Fleetham / Manta ray (Manta alfredi) gliding over a cleaning station in Goofnuw Channel, Yap, Micronesia.

David Fleetham / Japanese flying squid (Todarodes pacificus) at night, Yap, Micronesia.

David Fleetham / Larval stage of Surgeonfish, Yap, Micronesia.

David Fleetham / A fleet of Chinese fishing vessels at the dock in Colonia, Yap, Micronesia. August 2019.

David Fleetham / Aerial view of a dive site on the southern end of the reef surrounding the island of Yap, Micronesia. One dive boat is anchored at Yap Cavern's, a famous site for scuba divers.