Mating Mandarinfish - Synchiropus splendidus

Elaborate dots, swirls and waves of colour.

Smaller female with a belly full of egg.

Her belly now much smaller. Eggs are seen to the right of her tail fin

Fertilized eggs are left to the devices of the ocean currents

Mandarinfish search out a suitable mate as sunset approaches.

Female Fingered Dragonet - Dactylopus dactylopus

Females have bright orange coloured mouths

Male Fingered Dragonet - Dactylopus dactylopus

A Flounder rests on a Male Fingered Dragonet

A Diver Observes a Fingered Dragonet

Bartles Dragonet - Neosynchiropus bartelsi

Bartles Dragonet - Neosynchiropus bartelsi

Bartles Dragonet - Neosynchiropus bartelsi

Bartles Dragonet - Neosynchiropus bartelsi

Moyers Dragonet -Neosynchiropus moyeri