Juergen Freund / Schooling silversides (Atheriniformes) split level with karst limestone cliff and West Papuan fishermen in their dugout outrigger canoe. Raja Ampat, Indonesia. Second Place in the Portfolio Award of t...

Alex Mustard / Shoal of Bar jacks (Caranx ruber) hunting school of Silversides fish (Atherinidae) in coral cavern. East End, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, British West Indies. Caribbean Sea.

Alex Mustard / Pair of Bar jacks (Caranx ruber) hunting Silversides (Atherinidae) inside cave. Devil's Grotto, George Town, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, British West Indies. Caribbean Sea.

Alex Mustard / Diver swimming through dense school of Silversides (Atherinidae) inside a coral cavern, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, British West Indies, Caribbean Sea. Model released

Juergen Freund / Schooling Silverside fish (Antherinidae) split level with karst limestone walls, West Papuan fisherman in boat, North Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, February 2002.

Juergen Freund / Schooling Silverside fish (Antherinidae) split level with karst limestone walls, fan coral and featherstar, North Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, February 2002.

Tim Laman / Split level of roots of Red mangrove {Rhizophora mangle} supporting rich invertebrate life, Brain coral and Silversides fish in the Belize Cays, Tunicate Cove, Belize.

Peter Scoones / Shoal of Hardyhead silverside fish {Arthinormorous lacunosus} Indo-pacific

Alex Mustard / Tarpon (Megalops atlanticus) hunts silversides (Atherinidae) inside a coral cavern. George Town, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, British West Indies. Caribbean Sea.

Alex Mustard / Bar jack (Caranx ruber) hunting a school of silversides (Atherinidae) in a coral cavern. George Town, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, British West Indies. Caribbean Sea.

Pascal Kobeh / Diver in a school of sand smelts (Atherina presbyter), Canary Islands

Pascal Kobeh / School of sand smelts (Atherina presbyter), Canary Islands

Graham Eaton / Shoal of Hardyhead Silverside (Atherinomorus lacunosus) hunted by a shoal of Bluefin Trevally (Caranx melampygus) along a shoreline. Komandoo Island, Maldives, January.

Alex Mustard / Blacktip reef shark (Carcharhinus melanopterus) swims beneath a jetty and schools of silversides (Atherinidae) on a coral reef. Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia. Ceram Sea. Tropical West Paci...

Alex Mustard / Coral grouper (Cephalopholis miniata) waits in ambush, hiding against a seafan (Annella sp.) hunting silversides (Atherinidae), with schooling bigeye snapper (Lutjanus lutjanus) behind. Misool, Raja A...

Alex Mustard / Red seafan (Melitheae sp.) and soft coral (Dendronephthya sp.) on a reef drop off, with schooling silversides (Atherinidae). Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia. Ceram Sea. Tropical West Pacific...

Alex Mustard / Schools of baitfish including Cardinalfish (Apogon spp) and Silversides (Atherinidae) mass on a coral reef, with Giant barrel sponge (Xestospongia sp.) and predatory coral grouper (Cephalopholis minia...

David Fleetham / Thousands of Silversides (Atherinidae) schooling together off Bonaire Island, Caribbean.

Alex Mustard / Long exposure of Tarpon (Megalops atlanticus) hunting Silversides (Atherinidae) inside a coral cavern. George Town, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, British West Indies. Caribbean Sea.

Alex Mustard / Schoolmaster snapper (Lutjanus apodus) hunts silversides (Atherinidae) inside a coral cavern. George Town, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, British West Indies. Caribbean Sea.

Alex Mustard / Radiant sea urchins (Astropyga radiata) home toZebra urchin crab (Zebrida adamsii) and banggai cardinalfish (Pterapogon kaudemi) with schooling silversides behind, in shallow water. Bitung, North Sul...

Alex Mustard / School of Silversides (Atherinidae) are harassed by a pair of predatory Bar jacks (Caranx ruber) on the deck of wreck of the USS Kittiwake. Seven Mile Beach, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, British West...

Alex Mustard / Silversides (Atherinomorus lacunosus) school just below surface in evening light, Berenice Jetty, Aqaba, Jordan. Gulf of Aqaba, Jordan.

Alex Mustard / Bar jacks (Caranx ruber) pair hunting Silversides (Atherinidae) inside the wreck of the Kittiwake. Seven Mile Beach, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, Caribbean Sea

Alex Mustard / Soft corals (Dendronephthya hemprichi) growing in very shallow water in the shade provided by a jetty, while a school of Silversides (Atherinomorus lacunosus) circle. Berenice Jetty, Aqaba, Jordan. Gu...

Tony Wu / Hardyhead silversides (Atherinomorus lacunosus) huge shoal swarming under the jetty at Samarai Island in Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea.

Tony Wu / Hardyhead silversides (Atherinomorus lacunosus) swarming around the coral-encrusted remains of a portion of the jetty at Samarai Island in Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea

Tony Wu / Hardyhead silversides (Atherinomorus lacunosus) swarming under the jetty at Samarai Island in Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea.

Alex Mustard / School of Silversides (Atherinomorus lacunosus) mass below a jetty, creating a false ceiling of fish. Berenice Jetty, Aqaba, Jordan. Gulf of Aqaba, Jordan.

Alex Mustard / Slender grouper (Anyperodon leucogrammicus) exploiting the confusion caused by and Orange spotted trevally (Carangoides bajad) hunting silversides (Atherinidae) to plan an ambush. Raja Ampat, West Pap...

Alex Mustard / Long exposure of a group of Tarpon (Megalops atlanticus) hunting a school of Silversides (Atherinidae) in a coral cavern. East End, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands. Caribbean Sea.

Alex Mustard / Massive bait ball of Silversides (Atherinidae) sheltering next to an island as it is hunted by Talang queenfish (Scomberoides commersonnianus) and Bonito tuna (Sarda orientalis). Two Tree Rock, Misool...

Jeff Rotman / Silversides (Atherinops affinis) schooling, Sinai, Egypt, Red Sea

Juergen Freund / Hardyhead silverside (Atherinomorus lacunosus) fish shoal in the reef. Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia

Alex Mustard / Diver swimming through dense school of Silversides (Atherinidae) inside a coral cavern, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, British West Indies, Caribbean Sea. Model released

Juergen Freund / Schooling Silverside fish (Antherinidae) split level with karst limestone walls, North Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, February .

Juergen Freund / Schooling Silverside fish (Antherinidae) split level with karst limestone walls, fan coral and featherstar, North Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, February 2002.

Juergen Freund / Schooling Silverside fish (Antherinidae) split level with karst limestone walls. North Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia.

Juergen Freund / Schooling Silverside fish (Antherinidae) split level with karst limestone walls. North Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia.

Juergen Freund / Schooling Silverside fish (Antherinidae) split level with karst limestone walls, West Papuan fisherman in boat, North Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, February 2002.

Juergen Freund / Schooling Silverside fish (Antherinidae) split level with karst limestone walls. Indigenous people in canoe. North Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia.

Doug Perrine / Reef manta rays (Manta alfredi formerly Manta birostris) chain filter feeding on plankton among Silverside fish in feeding aggregation, Hanifaru Bay, Hanifaru Lagoon, Baa Atoll, Maldives, Indian Ocean...

Juergen Freund / Baling (local purse seine fishing boat) catching dilis, the Tagalog term for anchovies. The fishermen pull in the vessel's massive net, hauling in catches of anchovies or silversides. Northern Palawan...

Juergen Freund / Baling (local purse seine fishing boat) catching dilis, the Tagalog term for anchovies. The fishermen are pulling in the vessel's massive net, hauling in a catch of anchovies or silversides. Northern...

Juergen Freund / Baling (a local purse seine) catching dilis, the Tagalog term for anchovy. The boat full of fishermen are pulling the massive net to haul in their catch of anchovies or silversides. Northern Palawan,...

Juergen Freund / A fishing boat using a kerosine lamp to illuminate the sea from dusk to dawn. The light attracts the fishermen's target fish, anchovies and silversides. Philippines, March 2010.

Juergen Freund / Large school of Silversides (Atherinomorus lacunosa) around the reef, Moluccas Islands, Indonesia.

Juergen Freund / Large school of Silversides (Atherinomorus lacunosa) around the reef, Moluccas Islands, Indonesia.

Juergen Freund / Schooling Silversides (Atherinidae) over coral reef in mangrove shallows. North Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia.

Juergen Freund / Schooling Silverside fish (Atherinidae) above coral reef, North Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, February

Juergen Freund / Schooling Silverside fish above gorgonian fan coral. North Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, February

Tim Laman / Reef wall with school of Silversides (Atherinisae) soft corals. Raja Ampat Island, Indonesia, April 2007

Tim Laman / Silversides fish {Atherinidae} schooling among roots of Red Mangrove {Rhizophora mangle}. The mangroves provide important shelter from predators for these fish. Wee Wee Cay, Belize.

Tim Laman / Split level of Silversides fish {Atherinidae} schooling among roots of Red Mangrove {Rhizophora mangle}. The mangroves provide important shelter from predators for these fish. Wee Wee Cay, Belize.

Tim Laman / Rich marine life including Silversides fish and immature parrotfish amongst underwater roots of Red mangrove trees {Rhizophora mangle} on offshore mangrove island, Tunicate Cove, Belize.

Tim Laman / Split level of Silversides fish {Atherinidae} schooling among roots of Red Mangrove {Rhizophora mangle} The mangroves provide important shelter from predators for these fish. Wee Wee Cay, Belize.

Tim Laman / Silversides fish {Atherinidae} schooling among roots of Red Mangrove {Rhizophora mangle}. The mangroves provide important shelter from predators for these fish. Wee Wee Cay, Belize.

Alex Mustard / Silverside (Atherinidae) shoal massing over a coral reef, with Digitate leather coral (Sinularia sp.), evading a predator, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Ceram Sea, Pacific Ocean.

Alex Mustard / Lionfish (Pterois volitans) chasing a school of Hardyhead silverside (Atherinomorus lacunosus) beneath Berenice Jetty, Gulf of Aqaba, Jordan.

Alex Mustard / A young Lionfish (Pterois volitans) swimming near the surface (hunting silversides, not pictured) close to dusk, Beacon Rock, Sha'ab Mahmood, Sinai, Egypt, Red Sea.

Alex Mustard / Orange bushy black corals (Antipathes sp.) are surrounded by glassfish (Apogonidae) and schooling silversides (Atherinidae) above. Wayil Batan Island, Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia. Ceram...

Franco Banfi / Southern sand smelt (Atherina hepsetus) Punta Campanella Marine Protected Area, Costa Amalfitana, Italy, Tyrrhenian Sea, Mediterranean.

Shane Gross / Red mangrove (Rhizophora mangle) habitat with shoal of Silversides (Atherinomorus lacunosus), Eleuthera, Bahamas.

Shane Gross / Red mangrove (Rhizophora mangle) habitat with shoal of Silversides (Atherinomorus lacunosus), Eleuthera, Bahamas.

Shane Gross / Grey snapper fish (Lutjanus griseus) hunting Silversides (Atherinomorus lacunosus) among red mangrove (Rhizophora mangle) roots, Eleuthera, Bahamas.

Alex Mustard / Reef scene with an orange soft corals (Scleronephthya sp.), pink and red soft corals (Dendronephthya sp.) and red sea fan (Melithaea sp.) with schooling silversides above. Pelee Island, Misool, Raja A...

Alex Mustard / Silversides (Atherinidae) above yellow striped scad (Selaroides leptolepis) schooling below a wooden jetty while a man looks on. Yanggefo Island, Gam Island, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia. Dampier...

Alex Mustard / A reef scene with an orange elephant ear sponge (Ianthella basta) and red sea whip (Ellisella sp) with schooling silversides fish above. Pelee Island, Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia. Ceram...

Alex Mustard / Orange bushy black corals (Antipathes sp) are surrounded by glassfish (Apogonidae) and schooling silversides (Atherinidae). Daram Islands, Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia. Ceram Sea. Tropica...

Alex Mustard / Reef scene with a giant barrel sponge (Xestospongia testudinaria) coral grouper (Cephalopholis miniata) beneath scholling silversides (Atherinidae). Pelee Islands, Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indo...

Shane Gross / Red mangrove (Rhizophora mangle) habitat with shoal of Silversides (Atherinomorus lacunosus), Eleuthera, Bahamas. August.

Shane Gross / Great barracuda (Sphyraena barracuda) hunting silversides in a red mangrove (Rhizophora mangle) forest. Grand Bahama Island, Bahamas.

Shane Gross / School of Grey snapper (Lutjanus griseus) hunt silversides in a mangrove creek in The Bahamas.

Alex Mustard / Long exposure of a group of Tarpon (Megalops atlanticus) hunt Silversides (Atherinidae) inside a coral cavern. George Town, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, British West Indies. Caribbean Sea.

Alex Mustard / Tarpon (Megalops atlanticus) hunt Silversides (Atherinidae) inside a coral cavern. George Town, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, British West Indies. Caribbean Sea.

Alex Mustard / Group of Tarpon (Megalops atlanticus) hunt Silversides (Atherinidae) inside a coral cavern. George Town, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, British West Indies. Caribbean Sea.