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Chris Gug
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Pro underwater photographer and filmmaker. Ocean art gallery📍Lauderdale by the Sea, FL
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Finally downloaded the memory card from the past 8 days of shooting, and this is the very last frame, shot tonight while collecting my bonfire lights.

#squid #cephalopod #tulamben #bali #gug
November 10, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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While I don’t think anyone has made a specific designation between “larval” and “adult”, in the moorish idol, I’m going to label this one “post-larval”

#moorishidol #blackwater #blackwaterdiving #blackwaterphotography #kumejima #okinawa #chrisgug #gug #gugunderwater
November 8, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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The most colorful #squid I’ve ever seen! And such a cooperative poser too!

#🦑 #cephalopod #chromatophores #calamari #underwater #blackwater #blackwaterdiving #blackwaterphotography #blackwatervideo #kumeisland #kumejima #okinawa #chrisgug #gugunderwater #gug
November 4, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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Ctenophores, more commonly called comb jellies, are pretty much everywhere in all oceans, but they’re incredibly hard to see during the day. But at night...

#combjelly #colloblasts #blackwaterdiving #blackwater #blackwaterphotography #okinawa #kume #kumejima #chrisgug #gug #gugunderwater
October 30, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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Crazy-looking larval cusk eel with an impressive external gut. We’re still not sure why having the intestines on the outside is advantageous, but there must be a good reason 🤔
TL ~2.5cm

#cuskeel #larvalfish #deepseafish #deepseacreatures #blackwaterdiving #chrisgug #gugunderwater #gug
October 28, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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How cute! This Bony-Eared Assfish has a pet amphipod!
And yes, that’s the actual name of this this #fish - the bony-eared #assfish #Acanthonus armatus

#cuskeel #bonyearedassfish #acanthonusarmatus #blackwater #blackwaterdiving #deepseafish #larvalfish #deepsea #chrisgug #gugunderwater #gug
October 26, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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StarStruck
From the SeaScapes Collection
60 x 40”
Love the stone accent wall in this dining room! And it all comes together with a pop of color from the sea!

Order standard sizes online, or call/email to discuss custom sizing, and if you’re in South FL, stop into the RCamm Art showroom in LbtS, FL
October 25, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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Jellyfish helmet!
This larval-stage jack fish (aka trevally) is living inside the #jellyfish for protection against whatever might come his way.

#jackfish #trevalley #jellyfish #🪼 #symbiosis #blackwater #blackwaterdiving #blackwaterphotography #gug #chrisgug #gugunderwater #okinawa #kume #kumejima
October 24, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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One of the smallest Armored Sea Robins that I’ve ever seen - its body a little larger than a pea.
This is the same species featured in my Aliens Collection Print, “Alien #27”.

#armoredsearobin #searobin #larvalfish #deepseafish #blackwaterdiving #gurnard #chrisgug #gug #gugunderwater
October 21, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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Here’s a weird one for ya - even by my standards! This #crab has a pair of #barnacles growing out of its forehead!
This crab is in an early life stage known as #Megalopa
#parasitism #symbiosis #blackwater #blackwaterdiving #blackwaterphotography #okinawa #chrisgug #gugunderwater #gug
October 20, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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The largest larval-stage #Lucibrotula corethromycter cusk eel I’ve ever seen!

#cuskeel #larvalfish #deepseafish #deepsea #deepseacreatures #lucibrotula #blackwater #blackwaterdiving #blackwaterphotography #gug #chrisgug #gugunderwater #scubadiving #underwater
October 18, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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A young #argonaut #octopus (aka “paper #nautilus”) hitches a ride atop a muave stinger #jellyfish.

#papernautilus #symbiosis #muavestinger #🐙 #🪼 #blackwater #blackwaterphotography #blackwaterdiving #chrisgug #gugunderwater #gug #kumejima #okinawa #marinelife
October 17, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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A beautifully-crowned #Tonguefish larvae (#Cynoglossidae sp.), drifting with the #plankton in #Okinawa. Don’t worry - it gets more “tongue-y” as it gets to its adult stage.
#flatfish #fishlarvae #deepseafish #blackwater #blackwaterdiving #gug #chrisgug #gugunderwater
October 16, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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I slowed down this vid in the beginning, but let it get to its actual real speed - crazy!
Admittedly, I kept wondering how this #polychaete #worm would be in a marinara sauce, covered in pecorino romano🤤
Shot in #Okinawa.
#marineworm #polychaeteworm
October 14, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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First (and only) time seeing this species - and this doesn’t appear to be a larval-stage - perhaps a juvenile, just post-metamorphosis.

#soapfish #larvalsoapfish #blackwater #blackwaterdiving #blackwaterphotography #chrisgug #gug #gugunderwater
October 12, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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I’ve watched this pair of #clownfish through two full breeding cycles over the past month and a half - as of yesterday morning, they’re empty nesters once again. It’s been cool documenting the whole process and watching the eggs develop.
#anemone #tulamben #gug #chrisgug #gugunderwater
October 11, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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New print release in the Fish Faces Collection! “TURTLE ECLIPSE OF THE SUN”. See the full story behind the shot at gugunderwater.com/item/turtle-...

Originally shot as a horizontal image, it’s quite flexible, so it also works well as a vertical, square, or panoramic crop.
October 9, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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I’ve never seen so many anemones in all my life! Every surface covered in anemones as far as the eye could see!
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#anemone #clownfish #anemonefish #emperorangelfish #tulamben #bali #chrisgug #gugunderwater #gug
October 7, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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The weedy #rhinopias (Rhinopias frondosa) is a holy grail species for any fish nerd, and I returned to shoot this guy several days in a row.

#rhinopiasfrondosa #weedyrhinopias #chrisgug #gug #gugunderwater
October 5, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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I mean…. It’s gotta tickle, right?

A scarlet cleaner shrimp plays doctor with an emperor angelfish from last week.

#cleaningstation #symbiosis #scarletcleanershrimp #emperorangelfish #tulamben #bali #chrisgug #gug #gugunderwater
October 3, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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This little 1” goby is caring for several clutches of eggs. The newest ones are more solid, while the most mature have little eyeballs and tails inside. She had glued all of them to this tunicate.

#goby #gobywitheggs #gobyeggs #tulamben #chrisgug #gugunderwater #gug
October 2, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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Had a surprise encounter with this massive Bluespotted Pufferfish. He was huuuuungry, and chomped away at this & that on the reef.

#bluespottedpufferfish #pufferfish #arothron #arothtoncaeruleopunctatus #bali #tulamben #chrisgug #gugunderwater #gug #scubadiving #underwater
September 29, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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Found this cute little 1” #goby living on a feathery #SeaPen today while looking for something completely different. Tomorrow will be my first day not diving in 3.5 weeks - gotta head to the city to restock “supplies”🍷

#tulamben #muckdiving #gug #chrisgug #gugunderwater
September 25, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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Arguably one of my very favorite photo subjects - the schooling coral catfish. I’ve probably seen this >500 times in my days, but for me, it never gets old.
And BTW - no licking 😝- venomous spines.

#coralcatfish #plotosuslineatus #catfish #chrisgug #gugunderwater #gug #tulamben #marinelife
September 23, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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Another of my “Images Unsorted” folders ✔️ This time from 18 & 19 May, 2024

In order, we have
1) #DiamondSquid
2) “monstrous” shrimp
3) unidentified #scorpionfish
4) #gurnard
5) #codlett
6) unidentified #CuskEel
7) shrimp riding a #PelagicNudibranch

#deepseafish #blackwater #blackwaterdiving #gug
September 20, 2025 at 11:29 AM