Hard Coral Colony, Echinopora pacificus, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia
Night fishing on a squid, Japanese common squid or Japanese flying squid (Todarodes pacificus), Japan sea, Far East, Primorsky Krai, Russia
Japanese Flying Squid (Todarodes pacificus), also knows as a Japanese common squid, in black water. This image was captured a mile off the island of Yap at night with the bottom 1000+ feet below. Hundreds of these squid passed by very quickly. This one paused just briefly for a portrait. It is one of the most abundant of the commercially valuable squid in the world, Yap, Micronesia