Alex Mustard / Bigfin squid (Sepioteuthis lessoniana) hovering in mid water at night. Anilao, Batangas, Luzon, Philippines. Verde Island Passages, Tropical West Pacific Ocean.

Alex Mustard / Portrait of False clown anemonefish (Amphiprion ocellaris) Anilao, Batangas, Luzon, Philippines. Verde Island Passages, Tropical West Pacific Ocean.

Alex Mustard / Saddleback anemonefish (Amphiprion polymnus) in anemone home, Anilao, Batangas, Luzon, Philippines. Verde Island Passages, Tropical West Pacific Ocean.

Alex Mustard / Pink anemonefish (Amphiprion perideraion) looks out from its host Magnificent sea anemone (Heteractis magnifica) Anilao, Batangas, Luzon, Philippines. Verde Island Passages, Tropical West Pacific Ocea...

Alex Mustard / Squarespot anthias (Pseudanthias pleurotaenia) male on a coral reef. Anilao, Batangas marine protected area, Luzon, Philippines. Verde Island Passages, Tropical West Pacific Ocean.

Alex Mustard / Sacoglossan sea slug (Costasiella sp.) tiny <5mm along, on algae. Anilao, Batangas marine protected area, Luzon, Philippines. Verde Island Passages, Tropical West Pacific Ocean.

Alex Mustard / Portrait of a White warty frogfish (Antennartius maculatus). Anilao, Batangas marine protected area, Luzon, Philippines. Verde Island Passages, Tropical West Pacific Ocean.

Alex Mustard / Long exposure portait of an Orange painted frogfish (Antennarius pictus). Anilao, Batangas marine protected area, Luzon, Philippines. Verde Island Passages, Tropical West Pacific Ocean.

Alex Mustard / Sleepy sponge crab (Dromia dormia) climbing over a rock, carrying its sea squirt (Didemnum molle) disguise, with brittlestar. Anilao, Batangas marine protected area, Luzon, Philippines. Verde Island P...

Alex Mustard / A larval mantis shrimp (Stomatopoda), copepods and more plankton aggregate at night, in open water. Anilao, Batangas marine protected area, Luzon, Philippines. Verde Island Passages, Tropical West Pac...

Alex Mustard / Paper nautilus (Argonauta hians) attaches onto a piece of plastic in open water at night. Anilao, Batangas marine protected area, Luzon, Philippines. Verde Island Passages, Tropical West Pacific Ocean...

Alex Mustard / Common ghost goby (Pleurosicya mossambica) hiding in the branches of a sea pen (Pteroeides sp.). Anilao, Batangas marine protected area, Luzon, Philippines. Verde Island Passages, Tropical West Pacifi...

Alex Mustard / Paper nautilus (Argonauta hians) in open water at night. Anilao, Batangas marine protected area, Luzon, Philippines. Verde Island Passages, Tropical West Pacific Ocean.

Alex Mustard / Common ghost goby (Pleurosicya mossambica) hides in the branches of a sea pen (Pteroeides sp.). Anilao, Batangas marine protected area, Luzon, Philippines. Verde Island Passages, Tropical West Pacific...

Alex Mustard / Veined octopus (Amphioctopus marginatus) female carrying her clutch of eggs. Anilao, Batangas marine protected area, Luzon, Philippines. Verde Island Passages, Tropical West Pacific Ocean.

Alex Mustard / Pygmy lemon gobies ( Lubricogobius exiguus) guarding their home in a glass bottle (backlit with a torch). Anilao, Batangas marine protected area, Luzon, Philippines. Verde Island Passages, Tropical We...

Alex Mustard / African pompano (Alectis ciliaris) juvenile with long trailing dorsal and anal fins, swimming in mid-water at night. In-camera double exposure. Anilao, Batangas marine protected area, Luzon, Philippin...

Alex Mustard / Emperor shrimp (Zenopontonia rex) female rides on the back of a nudirbranch (Tambja morosa), while picking food from the seabed. Anilao, Batangas marine protected area, Luzon, Philippines. Verde Islan...

Alex Mustard / Portrait of the face of a Hairy frogfish (Antennarius striatus). Anilao, Batangas marine protected area, Luzon, Philippines. Verde Island Passages, Tropical West Pacific Ocean.

Alex Mustard / Flamboyant cuttlefish (Metasepia pfefferi) small male courting a larger female. Anilao, Batangas marine protected area, Luzon, Philippines. Verde Island Passages, Tropical West Pacific Ocean.

Alex Mustard / Embryos develop inside flamboyant cuttlefish (Metasepia pfefferi) eggs, laid inside a coconut shell. Anilao, Batangas marine protected area, Luzon, Philippines. Verde Island Passages, Tropical West Pa...

Alex Mustard / Hedgehog seahorse (Hippocampus spinosissimus) attached to a small soft coral. Anilao, Batangas, Luzon, Philippines. Verde Island Passages, Tropical West Pacific Ocean.

Alex Mustard / Portrait of a gurnard lionfish (Parapterois heterura) on the seabed. Anilao, Batangas, Luzon, Philippines. Verde Island Passages, Tropical West Pacific Ocean.

Alex Mustard / Dwarf hawkfish (Cirrhitichthys falco) perched on the ridges of a barrel sponge. Anilao, Batangas, Luzon, Philippines. Verde Island Passages, Tropical West Pacific Ocean.

Alex Mustard / Nudibranch (Goniobranchus hintuanensis) portrait showing rhinophores. Anilao, Batangas, Luzon, Philippines. Verde Island Passages, Tropical West Pacific Ocean.

Alex Mustard / Brook's urchin shrimp (Allopontonia brooki) crawling over the surface of a fire urchin (Asthenosoma varium). Anilao, Batangas, Luzon, Philippines. Verde Island Passages, Tropical West Pacific Ocean.

Alex Mustard / Red ocellated tozeuma shrimp (Tozeuma lanceolatum). Anilao, Batangas, Luzon, Philippines. Verde Island Passages, Tropical West Pacific Ocean.

Alex Mustard / Bigfin reef squid (Sepioteuthis lessoniana) in midwater at night. Anilao, Batangas, Luzon, Philippines. Verde Island Passages, Tropical West Pacific Ocean.

Alex Mustard / Bigfin reef squid (Sepioteuthis lessoniana) capturing a pelagic shrimp with long red antennae, in midwater, at night. Anilao, Batangas, Luzon, Philippines. Verde Island Passages, Tropical West Pacific...

Alex Mustard / Soft coral crab (Hoplophrys oatesil) climbing out onto a branch of yellow and red soft coral (Dendronephthya sp.) at night. Anilao, Batangas, Luzon, Philippines. Verde Island Passages, Tropical West P...

Alex Mustard / Neustonic jellyfish (Porpita pacifica) at the surface, viewed from above. Anilao, Batangas, Luzon, Philippines. Verde Island Passages, Tropical West Pacific Ocean.

Alex Mustard / Pair of Coleman shrimps (Periclimenes colemani) living in a fire urchin (Asthenosoma varium). The female is the larger shrimp. Fire urchins are one of the largest and most venomous urchins, their brig...

Alex Mustard / Coleman shrimp (Periclimenes colemani) close up, on a fire urchin (Asthenosoma varium). Anilao, Batangas, Luzon, Philippines. Verde Island Passages, Tropical West Pacific Ocean.

Alex Mustard / Flamboyant cuttlefish (Metasepia pfefferi) female hunting for small crustaceans. Anilao, Batangas, Luzon, Philippines. Verde Island Passages, Tropical West Pacific Ocean.

Alex Mustard / Yellow hairy goby (Paragobiodon xanthosoma) sheltering in coral. Anilao, Batangas, Luzon, Philippines. Verde Island Passages, Tropical West Pacific Ocean.

Alex Mustard / Close up detail of the pattern in a colonial Tunicate (Botryllus sp.). Anilao, Batangas, Luzon, Philippines. Verde Island Passages, Tropical West Pacific Ocean.

Alex Mustard / Nudibranch (Chromodoris willani). Anilao, Batangas, Luzon, Philippines. Verde Island Passages, Tropical West Pacific Ocean.

Alex Mustard / Whitemargin stargazer (Uranoscopus sulphureus) burried in the sand, at night. Anilao, Batangas, Luzon, Philippines. Verde Island Passages, Tropical West Pacific Ocean.

Alex Mustard / Close up detail of the rhinophores and caruncle of a Nudibranch (Janolus savinkini). Anilao, Batangas, Luzon, Philippines. Verde Island Passages, Tropical West Pacific Ocean.

Alex Mustard / Nudibranchs (Nembrotha chamberlaini) feeding on Tunicates (sea squirt) on a coral reef. Anilao, Batangas, Luzon, Philippines. Verde Island Passages, Tropical West Pacific Ocean..

Alex Mustard / Close up of pattern of the cerata of a nudibranch (Janolus savinkini). Anilao, Batangas, Luzon, Philippines. Verde Island Passages, Tropical West Pacific Ocean.

Alex Mustard / Yellow pygmy goby (Lubricogobius exiguus) guarding eggs (on top of tube) as it peeks out from its home in an old worm tube. Anilao, Batangas, Luzon, Philippines. Verde Island Passages, Tropical West P...

Alex Mustard / Bigfin reef squid (Sepioteuthis lessoniana) spreads its arms at night as it hunts for prey. Anilao, Batangas, Luzon, Philippines. Verde Island Passages, Tropical West Pacific Ocean.

Alex Mustard / Longfin waspfish (Apistus carinatus) with its distinctive pectoral fins extended, on the sand at night. Anilao, Batangas, Luzon, Philippines. Verde Island Passages, Tropical West Pacific Ocean.

Alex Mustard / A tiny undescribed amphipod (>500 microns) perched on the cerata of an undescribed Nudibranch (Flabellina sp). Anilao, Batangas, Luzon, Philippines. Verde Island Passages, Tropical West Pacific Oc...

Alex Mustard / Veined / Coconut octopus (Amphioctopus marginatus) makes a home between a piece of plastic and a shell, holding the two halves together with its sucker covered legs. Anilao, Batangas, Luzon, Philippin...

Alex Mustard / Coconut / Veined octopus (Amphioctopus marginatus) hunts in the sand at night, while illuminated by a diver's torch beam, Anilao, Batangas, Luzon, Philippines. Verde Island Passages, Pacific Ocean.

Alex Mustard / White margin stargazer (Uranoscopus sulphureus) lies hidden in the sand, Anilao, Batangas, Luzon, Philippines. Verde Island Passages, Pacific Ocean.

Alex Mustard / White margin stargazer (Uranoscopus sulphureus) lies hidden in the sand while fishing with its lure / tongue, Anilao, Batangas, Luzon, Philippines. Verde Island Passages, Pacific Ocean.

Alex Mustard / Saddleback anemonefish (Amphiprion polymnus) adult bares its teeth while guarding its newly laid eggs, Anilao, Batangas, Luzon, Philippines. Verde Island Passages, Pacific Ocean.

Alex Mustard / Yellow hairy / Emerald coral goby (Paragobiodon xanthosoma) in coral, Anilao, Batangas, Luzon, Philippines. Verde Island Passages, Pacific Ocean.

Alex Mustard / Nudibranch (Ceratosoma trilobatum) detail of chemo-sensory rhinophore, Anilao, Batangas, Luzon, Philippines. Verde Island Passages, Pacific Ocean.

Alex Mustard / Whip coral goby (Bryaninops amplus) on coral, Anilao, Batangas, Luzon, Philippines. Verde Island Passages, Pacific Ocean.

Alex Mustard / Painted frogfish (Antennarius pictus) courting pair - the smaller male nuzzles the swollen, egg-filled abdomen of the larger female, Anilao, Batangas, Luzon, Philippines. Verde Island Passages, Pacifi...

Alex Mustard / Aggregation of tiny isopods (Santia sp.) living on the surface of a Blue sponge (Haliclona sp.), there are two colour varieties here, possibly different species. There are also small copepods living o...

Alex Mustard / Hairy frogfish (Antennarius striatus) on a sandy seabed. Anilao, Batangas, Luzon, Philippines. Verde Island Passages, Tropical West Pacific Ocean.

Alex Mustard / Saddleback anemonefish (Amphiprion polymnus) female barks as she guards her clutch of eggs, laid beneath her host anemone. Anilao, Batangas, Luzon, Philippines. Verde Island Passages, Tropical West Pa...

Alex Mustard / Poisonous spines of Magnificent fire urchin (Asthenosoma ijimai) with Zebra urchin crab (Zebrida adamsii) sheltering, Anilao, Batangas, Luzon, Philippines. Verde Island Passages, Tropical West Pacific...

Alex Mustard / Dancing shrimps (Rhynchocinetes durbanensis) on an orange sponge. Anilao, Batangas, Luzon, Philippines. Verde Island Passages, Tropical West Pacific Ocean.

Alex Mustard / Portrait of Saddleback anemonefish (Amphiprion polymnus) Anilao, Batangas, Luzon, Philippines. Verde Island Passages, Tropical West Pacific Ocean.

Alex Mustard / Tiny egg-eating nudibranch (Favorinus tsurganus) crawling over egg ribbon of much larger species of nudibranch. Anilao, Batangas, Luzon, Philippines. Verde Island Passages, Tropical West Pacific Ocean...

Alex Mustard / Pair of Pink anemonefish (Amphiprion perideraion) within their host Magnificent sea anemone (Heteractis magnifica) Anilao, Batangas, Luzon, Philippines. Verde Island Passages, Tropical West Pacific Oc...

Alex Mustard / Pair of Rough snout ghostpipefish (Solenostomus paegnius), with female with egg pouch in front of male. Anilao, Batangas, Luzon, Philippines. Verde Island Passages, Tropical West Pacific Ocean.

Alex Mustard / Geographic sea hare (Syphonota geographica) swimming using its parapodial lobes as flapping wings. Anilao, Batangas, Luzon, Philippines. Verde Island Passages, Tropical West Pacific Ocean.

Alex Mustard / Amphipod (Amphipoda) living inside sea squirt (Rhopalaea sp.) Anilao, Batangas, Luzon, Philippines. Verde Island Passages, Tropical West Pacific Ocean.

Alex Mustard / Amphipod (Amphipoda) living inside sea squirt (Rhopalaea sp.) Anilao, Batangas, Luzon, Philippines. Verde Island Passages, Tropical West Pacific Ocean.

Alex Mustard / High magnification of reproductive apparatus of pair of Lined nembrotha nudibranchs (Nembrotha lineolata) mating. Anilao, Batangas, Luzon, Philippines. Verde Island Passages, Tropical West Pacific Oce...

Alex Mustard / High magnification portrait of Tiny hairy shrimp (Phycocaris simulans) with eggs, backlit. Secret Bay, Anilao, Batangas, Luzon, Philippines. Verde Island Passages, Tropical West Pacific Ocean.

Alex Mustard / Warty frogfish (Antennarius maculatus) swimming over the seabed, by gulping in water, then closing its mouth and squirting the water out of vents by its pelvic fins. Anilao, Batangas, Luzon, Philippin...

Alex Mustard / Veined octopus (Amphioctopus marginatus) sheltering in an empty can. Anilao, Batangas, Luzon, Philippines. Verde Island Passages, Tropical West Pacific Ocean.

Alex Mustard / Small Veined octopus (Amphioctopus marginatus) sheltering in an empty cockle shell. Anilao, Batangas, Luzon, Philippines. Verde Island Passages, Tropical West Pacific Ocean.

Alex Mustard / Veined octopus (Amphioctopus marginatus) sheltering in an empty cockle shell. Anilao, Batangas, Luzon, Philippines. Verde Island Passages, Tropical West Pacific Ocean.

Alex Mustard / Close up showing the colours and textures of the curling arms of a Crinoid on a coral reef, Anilao, Batangas marine protected area, Luzon, Philippines, Pacific Ocean.

Alex Mustard / Orange painted frogfish (Antennarius pictus) resting between the venemous spines of a Fire urchin (Asthenosoma varium), Batangas marine protected area, Luzon, Philippines. Verde Island Passages, Pacif...

Alex Mustard / Pygmy lemon gobies (Lubricogobius exiguus) pair, guarding their home in a glass bottle, Batangas marine protected area, Luzon, Philippines, Verde Island Passages, Pacific Ocean.

Alex Mustard / Coleman shrimps (Periclimenes colemani) pair, female on right, camouflaged in their Fire urchin (Asthenosoma varium) home, Batangas marine protected area, Luzon, Philippines. Verde Island Passages, Pa...

Alex Mustard / Detail image of clownfish eggs (Amphiprion ocellaris). Anilao, Batangas marine protected area, Luzon, Philippines. Verde Island Passages, Tropical West Pacific Ocean.

Alex Mustard / Clownfish (Amphiprion ocellaris) guarding a clutch of eggs beneath a magnificent sea anemone (Heteractis magnifica). Anilao, Batangas marine protected area, Luzon, Philippines. Verde Island Passages,...

Alex Mustard / Blue ring octopus (Hapalochlaena lunulata) patrols the seabed. Anilao, Batangas marine protected area, Luzon, Philippines. Verde Island Passages, Tropical West Pacific Ocean.

Alex Mustard / Portrait of a Gurnard lionfish (Papaterois hetururus) on the seabed. Anilao, Batangas marine protected area, Luzon, Philippines. Verde Island Passages, Tropical West Pacific Ocean.

Alex Mustard / Pair of Bandtail waspfish (Paracentropogon zonatus) dispute territory on the seabed. Anilao, Batangas marine protected area, Luzon, Philippines. Verde Island Passages, Tropical West Pacific Ocean.

Alex Mustard / Portrait of a nudibranch (Chromodoris hintuanensis). Anilao, Batangas marine protected area, Luzon, Philippines. Verde Island Passages, Tropical West Pacific Ocean.

Alex Mustard / Myzostomid crinoid worm (unidentified to species level) living camouflaged on a crinoid. Anilao, Batangas marine protected area, Luzon, Philippines. Verde Island Passages, Tropical West Pacific Ocean.

Alex Mustard / Interaction between a pair of Plain spot octopus (Octopus exannulatus). Anilao, Batangas marine protected area, Luzon, Philippines. Verde Island Passages, Tropical West Pacific Ocean.

Alex Mustard / Horned sea pen shrimp (Dasycaris ceratops) clambers through the branches of a sea pen (Pteroeides sp.). Anilao, Batangas marine protected area, Luzon, Philippines. Verde Island Passages, Tropical West...

Alex Mustard / Pair of Coleman shrimps (Periclimenes colemani) living in Fire urchin (Asthenosoma varium). The female is the larger shrimp. Anilao, Batangas marine protected area, Luzon, Philippines. Verde Island Pa...

Alex Mustard / Portrait of a leopard flounder (Bothus pantherinus) on the sea bed. Anilao, Batangas marine protected area, Luzon, Philippines. Verde Island Passages, Tropical West Pacific Ocean.

Juergen Freund / Magnificent sunbird (Aethopyga magnifica) male perched on flower. Bacolod, Negros Occidental, Philippines.

Juergen Freund / Magnificent sunbird (Aethopyga magnifica) male perched on flower. Bacolod, Negros Occidental, Philippines.

Juergen Freund / Golden-crowned flying fox (Acerodon jubatus) orphan which fell from roosting colony, hanging from branch. Mambukal Resort, Negros Occidental, Philippines. Captive.

Juergen Freund / Magnificent sunbird (Aethopyga magnifica) female perched on flower. Negros Occidental, Philippines.

Juergen Freund / Philippine tube-nosed fruit bat (Nyctimene rabori) hanging from branch. Negros Occidental, Philippines.

Juergen Freund / Magnificent sunbird (Aethopyga magnifica) female perched on flower. Negros Occidental, Philippines.