The following photographs were taken during Blackwater dives in West Palm Beach, Florida. These drift dives take place at night in the Gulf Stream currents offshore of Southeast Florida at depths of up to 100ft, but where the bottom of the ocean can reach 800ft. This rarely explored ocean environment is a haven for numerous deep sea creatures as well as countless reef fish, primarily in their larval stage, who are drifting in the ocean’s gyres or migrating from deep water.

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Atlantic Ocean, Cephalopods: Cephalopoda, Diamond squid, Florida, Invertebrates, Laz Ruda, Lazaro Ruda Wildlife Photographer, MARINE LIFE, Mollusks: Mollusca, Squid: Teuthida, TheLivingSea.com, Thysanoteuthis rhombus, West Palm Beach, [LOCATION], black water, black water dive, blackwater, cephalopod, deep water, deep water squid, juvenile, macro, marine, night, night dive, ocean, pelagic, pelagic magic, underwater, underwater photo
Phantom of the Deep
Ancistrocheirus lesueurii, Cephalopods: Cephalopoda, Invertebrates, LIFE STAGES, less than 1 inch, Laz Ruda, Lazaro Ruda Wildlife Photographer, MARINE LIFE, Mollusks: Mollusca, PHOTO TYPE, night dive, SIZE, macro, Sharpear Enope, Squid: Teuthida, TheLivingSea.com, West Palm Beach, [LOCATION], blackwater, larvae, chromatophores, clear, deep water squid, less than 1 inch, macro, marine, ocean, sharpear enope squid: Ancistrocheirus lesueurii, squid, underwater, underwater photo, yellow
Larval sharpear enope squid
Bony Fishes: Osteichthyes, Cusk-eels: Ophidiidae, Deep Sea Creature, Fishes, LIFE STAGES, less than 1 inch, Lamprogrammus, Laz Ruda, Lazaro Ruda Wildlife Photographer, MARINE LIFE, MORE KEYWORDS, PHOTO TYPE, night dive, SIZE, macro, TheLivingSea.com, West Palm Beach, [LOCATION], baby, blackwater, blackwater, larvae, deep sea creatures, horizontal, juvenile, larva, larvae, larval, larval stage, less than 1 inch, macro, marine, ocean, underwater, underwater photo
Deep water cusk eel larvae
Algae, Bony Fishes: Osteichthyes, Brown Algae, Brown Algae: Brown Seaweeds: Phaeophyta, Cephalopods: Cephalopoda, Filefishes: Monacanthidae, Fishes, Invertebrates, LIFE STAGES, less than 1 inch, Laz Ruda, Lazaro Ruda Wildlife Photographer, MARINE LIFE, Mollusks: Mollusca, Nautiluses: Nautiloidea, PHOTO TYPE, night dive, Paper Nautilus: Argonautidae, SIZE, macro, Seahorses: Syngathidae: Sygnathidae, TheLivingSea.com, West Palm Beach, [LOCATION], blackwater, larvae, horizontal, macro, marine, ocean, paper nautiluses: Argonauta sp., rare, sargassum seaweed: Sargassum fluitans, underwater, underwater photo, vertical
Rare photo of a seahorse and paper nautilus in Florida
BEHAVIOR, Billfishes: Istiophoridae, Bony Fishes: Osteichthyes, Fishes, LIFE STAGES, less than 1 inch, Laz Ruda, Lazaro Ruda Wildlife Photographer, MARINE LIFE, PHOTO TYPE, night dive, SIZE, macro, TheLivingSea.com, West Palm Beach, [LOCATION], baby, blackwater, larvae, horizontal, juvenile, larva, larvae, larval, larval stage, macro, marine, ocean, sailfish: Istiophorus platypterus, swimming, underwater, underwater photo
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Caribbean reef squid: Sepioteuthis sepioidea, Cephalopods: Cephalopoda, Invertebrates, LIFE STAGES, less than 1 inch, Laz Ruda, Lazaro Ruda Wildlife Photographer, MARINE LIFE, Mollusks: Mollusca, PHOTO TYPE, night dive, SIZE, macro, TheLivingSea.com, West Palm Beach, [LOCATION], blackwater, larvae, eye, horizontal, macro, marine, ocean, reflection, underwater, underwater photo
Cephalopod eyes
Bony Fishes: Osteichthyes, Fishes, LIFE STAGES, less than 1 inch, Laz Ruda, Lazaro Ruda Wildlife Photographer, Lionfishes: Scorpaenidae, MARINE LIFE, PHOTO TYPE, night dive, SIZE, macro, TheLivingSea.com, West Palm Beach, [LOCATION], baby, blackwater, larvae, green, juvenile, larva, larvae, larval, larval stage, less than 1 inch, macro, marine, night, night dive, ocean, underwater, underwater photo, lionfish, lion fish
Larval lionfish photo
Ancistrocheirus lesueurii, Cephalopods: Cephalopoda, Invertebrates, LIFE STAGES, less than 1 inch, Laz Ruda, Lazaro Ruda Wildlife Photographer, MARINE LIFE, Mollusks: Mollusca, PHOTO TYPE, night dive, SIZE, macro, Sharpear Enope, TheLivingSea.com, West Palm Beach, [LOCATION], blackwater, larvae, deep water squid, horizontal, marine, ocean, squid, underwater, underwater photo
Deep Water Squid
1 -3 inches, Bony Fishes: Osteichthyes, Fishes, LIFE STAGES, less than 1 inch, Laz Ruda, Lazaro Ruda Wildlife Photographer, MARINE LIFE, MORE KEYWORDS, PHOTO TYPE, night dive, Ribbonfish, Ribbonfishes: Trachipteridae, SIZE, macro, TheLivingSea.com, West Palm Beach, [LOCATION], baby, blackwater, larvae, deep water, horizontal, juvenile, larva, larvae, larval, larval stage, macro, marine, ocean, ribbon fish, silver, underwater, underwater photo
Larval deep water ribbonfish
Bony Fishes: Osteichthyes, FL, Fishes, Florida, Lionfishes: Scorpaenidae, Marine Life, USA, United States, baby, copyrighted, immature, invasive species, juvenile, macro, marine, ocean, underwater, underwater photo, young, lionfish, lion fish
Invasive lionfish in Florida
Bony Fishes: Osteichthyes, Fishes, LIFE STAGES, less than 1 inch, Laz Ruda, Lazaro Ruda Wildlife Photographer, MARINE LIFE, PHOTO TYPE, night dive, Ribbonfishes: Trachipteridae, SIZE, macro, TheLivingSea.com, West Palm Beach, [LOCATION], blackwater, larvae, deep water, juvenile, less than 1 inch, macro, marine, ocean, scalloped ribbonfish: Zu cristatus, underwater, underwater photo, vertical
Rare juvenile scalloped ribbonfish
1 -3 inches, Actinopterygii, Bony Fishes: Osteichthyes, Fishes, LIFE STAGES, less than 1 inch, Laz Ruda, Lazaro Ruda Wildlife Photographer, MARINE LIFE, MORE KEYWORDS, Mexican Flounder, PHOTO TYPE, night dive, Paralichthyidae, Pleuronectiformes, SIZE, macro, TheLivingSea.com, West Palm Beach, [BEHAVIOR], [LOCATION], baby, blackwater, larvae, blue, clear, flatfishes, horizontal, juvenile, large-tooth flounder, larva, larvae, larval, larval stage, macro, marine, metamorphosis, ocean, open water, underwater, underwater photo
Larval flounder
1 -3 inches, Bony Fishes: Osteichthyes, Fishes, Istiophoridae, LIFE STAGES, less than 1 inch, Laz Ruda, Lazaro Ruda Wildlife Photographer, MARINE LIFE, PHOTO TYPE, night dive, SIZE, macro, TheLivingSea.com, West Palm Beach, [LOCATION], baby, blackwater, larvae, juvenile, macro, marine, ocean, sailfish: Istiophorus playpterus, underwater, underwater photo
Baby sailfish
Bony Fishes: Osteichthyes, Fishes, LIFE STAGES, less than 1 inch, Laz Ruda, Lazaro Ruda Wildlife Photographer, MARINE LIFE, PHOTO TYPE, night dive, Puffers: Pufferfishes: Tetraodontidae, SIZE, macro, TheLivingSea.com, West Palm Beach, [LOCATION], blackwater, larvae, comedy, cute, face, front profile, funny, horizontal, juvenile, less than 1 inch, macro, marine, ocean, underwater, underwater photo
1cm larval pufferfish
Atlantic Ocean, Cephalopods: Cephalopoda, Florida, Invertebrates, Laz Ruda, Lazaro Ruda Wildlife Photographer, MARINE LIFE, Mollusks: Mollusca, Squid: Teuthida, TheLivingSea.com, West Palm Beach, black water, black water dive, blackwater, deep water, macro, marine, night, night dive, ocean, pelagic, pelagic magic, portrait, underwater, underwater photo
Abyssal Apparition - deep water squid at night
Bony Fishes: Osteichthyes, Fishes, Frogfishes: Antennariidae, LIFE STAGES, less than 1 inch, Laz Ruda, Lazaro Ruda Wildlife Photographer, MARINE LIFE, PHOTO TYPE, night dive, SIZE, macro, TheLivingSea.com, West Palm Beach, [LOCATION], blackwater, larvae, horizontal, macro, marine, ocean, sargassum anglerfish: sargassumfish: Histrio histrio, underwater, underwater photo
Sargassum frogfish / anglerfish
Atlantic Ocean, Bony Fishes: Osteichthyes, FL, Fishes, Florida, Laz Ruda, Lazaro Ruda Wildlife Photographer, MARINE LIFE, Palm Beach, Palm Beach County, Soapfishes: Serranids: Serranidae, TheLivingSea.com, USA, West Palm Beach, baby, black water, black water dive, blackwater, horizontal, juvenile, larva, larvae, larval, larval stage, less than 1 inch, macro, marine, night, night dive, ocean, pelagic, pelagic magic, underwater, underwater photo
Soapfish larva
Box Jellies: Cubozoans: Cubozoa, Carybdeidae, Cnidarians: Cnidaria, Cubomedusae, Invertebrates, LIFE STAGES, less than 1 inch, Laz Ruda, Lazaro Ruda Wildlife Photographer, MARINE LIFE, PHOTO TYPE, night dive, SIZE, macro, TheLivingSea.com, West Palm Beach, [LOCATION], blackwater, larvae, danger, dangerous, macro, marine, ocean, sea wasp: Carybdea alata, translucent, underwater, underwater photo, venom, venomous, vertical
Box jellyfish in Florida
Bony Fishes: Osteichthyes, Fishes, Flyingfishes: Exocoetidae, Laz Ruda, Lazaro Ruda Wildlife Photographer, MARINE LIFE, TheLivingSea.com, West Palm Beach, [LOCATION], baby, black water, black water dive, blackwater, blue, flying fish, flyingfish, horizontal, juvenile, larva, larvae, larval, larval stage, less than 1 inch, macro, marine, night, night dive, ocean, pelagic, pelagic magic, underwater, underwater photo
Underwater photo of a juvenile flying fish at night
Bony Fishes: Osteichthyes, Fishes, Flyingfishes: Exocoetidae, LIFE STAGES, less than 1 inch, Laz Ruda, Lazaro Ruda Wildlife Photographer, MARINE LIFE, PHOTO TYPE, night dive, SIZE, macro, TheLivingSea.com, West Palm Beach, [LOCATION], blackwater, larvae, flying fish, flyingfish, horizontal, macro, marine, ocean, underwater, underwater photo
School of larval flying fish
Cephalopods: Cephalopoda, Diamond squid, Invertebrates, LIFE STAGES, less than 1 inch, Laz Ruda, Lazaro Ruda Wildlife Photographer, MARINE LIFE, Mollusks: Mollusca, PHOTO TYPE, night dive, SIZE, macro, Squid: Teuthida, TheLivingSea.com, Thysanoteuthis rhombus, West Palm Beach, [LOCATION], blackwater, larvae, deep water squid, macro, marine, ocean, underwater, underwater photo
Diamond squid display
Actinopterygii, Bony Fishes: Osteichthyes, Chiasmodon niger, Chiasmodontidae, Fishes, LIFE STAGES, less than 1 inch, Laz Ruda, Lazaro Ruda Wildlife Photographer, MARINE LIFE, PHOTO TYPE, night dive, SIZE, macro, Snaketooth swallower, TheLivingSea.com, Trachiniformes, West Palm Beach, [LOCATION], blackwater, larvae, deep sea fish, deep-sea fish, macro, marine, ocean, snaketooth fish, snaketooth fishes, swallower, swallowers, underwater, underwater photo, vertical
Snaketooth swallower deep sea fish
4 - 8 inches, BEHAVIOR, Cephalopods: Cephalopoda, Invertebrates, LIFE STAGES, less than 1 inch, Laz Ruda, Lazaro Ruda Wildlife Photographer, MARINE LIFE, Mollusks: Mollusca, PHOTO TYPE, night dive, SIZE, macro, Squid: Teuthida, TheLivingSea.com, West Palm Beach, [LOCATION], blackwater, larvae, horizontal, macro, marine, ocean, swimming, tentacle, underwater, underwater photo
Squid swimming speeds
Bony Fishes: Osteichthyes, FL, Fishes, Florida, LIFE STAGES, less than 1 inch, Laz Ruda, Lazaro Ruda Wildlife Photographer, MARINE LIFE, PHOTO TYPE, West Palm Beach, PHOTO TYPE, night dive, SIZE, macro, Sand Flounders: Paralichthyidae, TheLivingSea.com, USA, blackwater, larvae, marine, ocean, spotfin flounder: Cyclopsetta fimbriata, underwater, underwater photo, vertical
Flounder larval at night
Atlantic longarm octopus, Cephalopods: Cephalopoda, Invertebrates, LIFE STAGES, less than 1 inch, Laz Ruda, Lazaro Ruda Wildlife Photographer, Longarm octopus, MARINE LIFE, Macrotritopus defilippi, Mollusks: Mollusca, Octopus: Octopoda, PHOTO TYPE, night dive, SIZE, macro, TheLivingSea.com, West Palm Beach, [LOCATION], blackwater, larvae, horizontal, lilliput longarm octopus, macro, marine, mimic octopus, ocean, underwater, underwater photo
Macrotritopus larva octopus
Cnidarians: Cnidaria, Invertebrates, LIFE STAGES, less than 1 inch, Laz Ruda, Lazaro Ruda Wildlife Photographer, MARINE LIFE, PHOTO TYPE, night dive, SIZE, macro, TheLivingSea.com, West Palm Beach, [LIFE STAGES], [LOCATION], blackwater, larvae, jellyfish, less than 1 inch, macro, marine, microscopic, ocean, plankton, underwater, underwater photo
Microscopic-sized jellyfish
Bony Fishes: Osteichthyes, Fishes, LIFE STAGES, less than 1 inch, Laz Ruda, Lazaro Ruda Wildlife Photographer, MARINE LIFE, PHOTO TYPE, night dive, SIZE, macro, TheLivingSea.com, West Palm Beach, [LOCATION], blackwater, larvae, macro, marine, ocean, underwater, underwater photo, soapfish, Rypticus
Larval soapfish
1 -3 inches, Bony Fishes: Osteichthyes, Fishes, Flyingfishes: Exocoetidae, LIFE STAGES, less than 1 inch, Laz Ruda, Lazaro Ruda Wildlife Photographer, MARINE LIFE, PHOTO TYPE, night dive, SIZE, macro, TheLivingSea.com, West Palm Beach, [LOCATION], black water, black water dive, blackwater, blackwater, larvae, blur, flying fish, flyingfish, macro, marine, motion blur, night, night dive, ocean, pelagic, pelagic magic, slow shutter, underwater, underwater photo
Flying fish in motion
Atlantic dolphinfish, Bony Fishes: Osteichthyes, Coryphaenidae, Dolphinfishes: Coryphaenidae, Fishes, LIFE STAGES, less than 1 inch, Laz Ruda, Lazaro Ruda Wildlife Photographer, MARINE LIFE, PHOTO TYPE, night dive, SIZE, macro, TheLivingSea.com, West Palm Beach, [LOCATION], blackwater, larvae, dolphin fish, dolphinfish: Coryphaena hippurus, dorado, gamefish, horizontal, juvenile, less than 1 inch, macro, mahi, marine, ocean, open ocean, reflection, side profile, silver, underwater, underwater photo, yellow
Juveniile Atlantic mahi-mahi
Antarctic squid, Cephalopods: Cephalopoda, Colossal squid, Cranchiidae, Invertebrates, LIFE STAGES, less than 1 inch, Laz Ruda, Lazaro Ruda Wildlife Photographer, MARINE LIFE, Mesonychoteuthis, Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni, Mollusks: Mollusca, Oegopsida, PHOTO TYPE, night dive, SIZE, macro, Taoniinae, TheLivingSea.com, West Palm Beach, [LOCATION], blackwater, larvae, giant cranch squid, macro, marine, ocean, underwater, underwater photo
Colossal squid
1 -3 inches, Actinopterygii, Animalia, Chordata, Deep Sea Creature, Gibberfish, Gibberichthyidae, Gibberichthys, Gibberichthys latifrons, Gibberichthys pumilus, Laz Ruda, Lazaro Ruda Wildlife Photographer, Neopterygii, Stephanoberyciformes, TheLivingSea.com, West Palm Beach, [LOCATION], baby, black water, black water dive, blackwater, deep sea creatures, gibberfishes, juvenile, larva, larvae, larval, larval stage, less than 1 inch, macro, night, night dive, pelagic, pelagic magic, stephanoberyciform, underwater photo
Deep sea gibberfish larvae
African pompano: Alectis ciliaris, Bony Fishes: Osteichthyes, Fishes, Jacks: Carangidae, MARINE LIFE, MORE KEYWORDS, West Palm Beach, [LOCATION], baby, blue, horizontal, juvenile, larva, larvae, larval, larval stage, less than 1 inch, marine, ocean, silver, underwater, underwater photo, vertical
African pompano larval at night
Amphipods: Amphipoda, Arthropods: Arthropoda, Crustaceans: Crustacea, Hyperiid amphipod, Hyperiidea, Invertebrates, LIFE STAGES, less than 1 inch, Laz Ruda, Lazaro Ruda Wildlife Photographer, MARINE LIFE, Malacostraceans: Malacostracea, PHOTO TYPE, night dive, SIZE, macro, TheLivingSea.com, West Palm Beach, [LOCATION], blackwater, larvae, macro, marine, ocean, plankton, underwater, underwater photo
The almost invisible sea creature
Atlantic dolphinfish, Bony Fishes: Osteichthyes, Dolphinfishes: Coryphaenidae, Fishes, LIFE STAGES, less than 1 inch, Laz Ruda, Lazaro Ruda Wildlife Photographer, MARINE LIFE, PHOTO TYPE, night dive, SIZE, macro, TheLivingSea.com, West Palm Beach, [LOCATION], blackwater, larvae, dolphin fish, dolphinfish: Coryphaena hippurus, dorado, horizontal, juvenile, macro, mahi, marine, ocean, underwater, underwater photo
Two-inch mahi-mahi dolphinfish
Argonauta argo, Cephalopods: Cephalopoda, Invertebrates, LIFE STAGES, less than 1 inch, Laz Ruda, Lazaro Ruda Wildlife Photographer, MARINE LIFE, Mollusks: Mollusca, Nautiluses: Nautiloidea, PHOTO TYPE, night dive, Paper Nautilus: Argonautidae, SIZE, macro, TheLivingSea.com, West Palm Beach, [LOCATION], blackwater, larvae, common paper nautilus: Argonauta argo, horizontal, macro, marine, ocean, salp, underwater, underwater photo
Paper nautilus riding on a salp chain
Cephalopods: Cephalopoda, Invertebrates, LIFE STAGES, less than 1 inch, Laz Ruda, Lazaro Ruda Wildlife Photographer, MARINE LIFE, Mollusks: Mollusca, PHOTO TYPE, night dive, SIZE, macro, Squid: Teuthida, TheLivingSea.com, West Palm Beach, [LOCATION], blackwater, larvae, horizontal, macro, marine, ocean, suckers, tentacle, underwater, underwater photo
Squid tentacles and arms
Aristeidae, Arthropods: Arthropoda, Cerataspis, Cerataspis monstrosa, Crustaceans: Crustacea, Decapoda, Dendrobranchiata, Eucarida, Eumalacostraca, Invertebrates, MARINE LIFE, Malacostraca, Multicrustacea, Penaeoidea, larvae, marine, monster larva, ocean, underwater, underwater photo
Monster Larvae
1 -3 inches, Bony Fishes: Osteichthyes, Fishes, Flyingfishes: Exocoetidae, LIFE STAGES, less than 1 inch, Laz Ruda, Lazaro Ruda Wildlife Photographer, MARINE LIFE, PHOTO TYPE, night dive, SIZE, macro, TheLivingSea.com, West Palm Beach, [LOCATION], blackwater, larvae, clear, front-side profile, horizontal, macro, marine, ocean, open ocean, reflection, silver, surface, underwater, underwater photo, vertical, flyingfish, flying fish
Two flying fish with their reflection
1 -3 inches, Billfishes: Istiophoridae, Bony Fishes: Osteichthyes, Fishes, LIFE STAGES, less than 1 inch, Laz Ruda, Lazaro Ruda Wildlife Photographer, MARINE LIFE, PHOTO TYPE, night dive, SIZE, macro, TheLivingSea.com, West Palm Beach, [LOCATION], black water, black water dive, blackwater, blackwater, larvae, blue, front-side profile, juvenile, macro, marine, night, night dive, ocean, pelagic, pelagic magic, sailfish: Istiophorus platypterus, silver, underwater, underwater photo
Juvenile sailfish photo
1 -3 inches, Acanthonus armatus, Bony Fishes: Osteichthyes, Bony-eared Assfish, Cusk-eels: Ophidiidae, Fishes, LIFE STAGES, less than 1 inch, Laz Ruda, Lazaro Ruda Wildlife Photographer, MARINE LIFE, PHOTO TYPE, night dive, SIZE, macro, TheLivingSea.com, West Palm Beach, [LOCATION], ass fish, blackwater, larvae, cusk eel, deep water, macro, marine, ocean, orange, pink, rare, side profile, small brain, translucent, underwater, underwater photo, yellow
Rare Bony-eared Assfish (Acanthonus armatus) photo
Arthropods: Arthropoda, Cnidarians: Cnidaria, Crustaceans: Crustacea, Decapods: Decapoda, Hydroids: Hydrozoans: Hydrozoa, Invertebrates, LIFE STAGES, less than 1 inch, Laz Ruda, Lazaro Ruda Wildlife Photographer, Lobsters: Palinura, MARINE LIFE, Malacostraceans: Malacostracea, PHOTO TYPE, night dive, SIZE, macro, Siphonophores: Siphonophora, Slipper Lobsters: Scyllaridae, TheLivingSea.com, West Palm Beach, [LOCATION], blackwater, larvae, horizontal, marine, ocean, underwater, underwater photo
Larval slipper lobster with siphonophores
Bony Fishes: Osteichthyes, Cnidarians: Cnidaria, Fishes, Hydroids: Hydrozoans: Hydrozoa, Invertebrates, Jacks: Carangidae, LIFE STAGES, less than 1 inch, Laz Ruda, Lazaro Ruda Wildlife Photographer, MARINE LIFE, PHOTO TYPE, night dive, SIZE, macro, TheLivingSea.com, West Palm Beach, [LOCATION], blackwater, larvae, hydromedusa: Aequorea macrodactyla, macro, marine, ocean, underwater, underwater photo, vertical
Larval jack in hydromedusa
Arthropods: Arthropoda, Barrel shrimp, Crustaceans: Crustacea, Invertebrates, LIFE STAGES, less than 1 inch, Laz Ruda, Lazaro Ruda Wildlife Photographer, MARINE LIFE, PHOTO TYPE, night dive, Pelagic Amphipod, Phronima, Phronimidae, Pram bug, SIZE, macro, TheLivingSea.com, West Palm Beach, [LOCATION], blackwater, larvae, macro, marine, ocean, parasite, parasitoid, underwater, underwater photo
The real ALIEN sea creature
Cephalopods: Cephalopoda, Invertebrates, LIFE STAGES, less than 1 inch, Laz Ruda, Lazaro Ruda Wildlife Photographer, MARINE LIFE, Mollusks: Mollusca, PHOTO TYPE, night dive, SIZE, macro, Squid: Teuthida, TheLivingSea.com, West Palm Beach, [LOCATION], blackwater, larvae, macro, marine, ocean, underwater, underwater photo
Larval squid
Corolla spectabilis, LIFE STAGES, less than 1 inch, Laz Ruda, Lazaro Ruda Wildlife Photographer, PHOTO TYPE, night dive, Pseudothecosomata, Pteropoda, SIZE, macro, Sea Butterfly, TheLivingSea.com, West Palm Beach, [LOCATION], black water, black water dive, blackwater, blackwater, larvae, horizontal, macro, night, night dive, pelagic, pelagic magic, underwater photo
Pteropods - Corolla spectabilis
BEHAVIOR, Cnidarians: Cnidaria, Invertebrates, LIFE STAGES, less than 1 inch, Laz Ruda, Lazaro Ruda Wildlife Photographer, MARINE LIFE, PHOTO TYPE, night dive, SIZE, macro, TheLivingSea.com, West Palm Beach, [LOCATION], blackwater, larvae, jellyfish, less than 1 inch, macro, marine, ocean, protection, underwater, underwater photo
Jellyfish protection
Bony Fishes: Osteichthyes, Fishes, Flyingfishes: Exocoetidae, LIFE STAGES, less than 1 inch, Laz Ruda, Lazaro Ruda Wildlife Photographer, MARINE LIFE, PHOTO TYPE, night dive, SIZE, macro, TheLivingSea.com, West Palm Beach, [LOCATION], blackwater, larvae, marine, ocean, underwater, underwater photo, flyingfish, flying fish
Flyingfish larval
Bony Fishes: Osteichthyes, Fishes, LIFE STAGES, less than 1 inch, Laz Ruda, Lazaro Ruda Wildlife Photographer, Leptocephalus, MARINE LIFE, Moray Eels: Morays: Muraenidae, PHOTO TYPE, night dive, SIZE, macro, TheLivingSea.com, West Palm Beach, [LOCATION], baby, black water, black water dive, blackwater, blackwater, larvae, juvenile, larva, larvae, larval, larval stage, marine, night, night dive, ocean, pelagic, pelagic magic, underwater, underwater photo
Leptochepahulus eel larva
Bony Fishes: Osteichthyes, Fishes, Flyingfishes: Exocoetidae, LIFE STAGES, less than 1 inch, Laz Ruda, Lazaro Ruda Wildlife Photographer, MARINE LIFE, PHOTO TYPE, night dive, SIZE, macro, TheLivingSea.com, West Palm Beach, [LOCATION], blackwater, larvae, flying fish, flyingfish, horizontal, less than 1 inch, macro, marine, ocean, underwater, underwater photo, yellow
Super tiny flying fish
Atlantic longarm octopus or lilliput longarm octopus: Octopus de, Cephalopods: Cephalopoda, Invertebrates, Laz Ruda, Lazaro Ruda Wildlife Photographer, MARINE LIFE, Mollusks: Mollusca, Octopus: Octopoda, TheLivingSea.com, West Palm Beach, [LOCATION], baby, black water, black water dive, blackwater, juvenile, larva, larvae, larval, larval stage, less than 1 inch, macro, marine, mimic octopus, night, night dive, ocean, pelagic, pelagic magic, underwater, underwater photo
Larval longarm octopus
4 - 8 inches, Ctenophores: Ctenophora, Invertebrates, LIFE STAGES, less than 1 inch, Laz Ruda, Lazaro Ruda Wildlife Photographer, MARINE LIFE, PHOTO TYPE, night dive, SIZE, macro, TheLivingSea.com, Venus' girdle: Cestum veneris, West Palm Beach, [LOCATION], bioluminescent, bioluminiscence, blackwater, larvae, chemiluminescence, glow, horizontal, macro, marine, ocean, underwater, underwater photo
Bioluminescent Venus girdle jelly
Anthoathecata, Cnidarians: Cnidaria, Hydroids: Hydrozoans: Hydrozoa, Hydromedusa, Invertebrates, LIFE STAGES, less than 1 inch, Laz Ruda, Lazaro Ruda Wildlife Photographer, MARINE LIFE, PHOTO TYPE, night dive, SIZE, macro, TheLivingSea.com, Turritopsis nutricula, West Palm Beach, [LOCATION], blackwater, larvae, horizontal, jelly, jellyfish, macro, marine, ocean, underwater, underwater photo
Immortal Jellyfish
Cephalopods: Cephalopoda, Diamond squid, Invertebrates, LIFE STAGES, less than 1 inch, MARINE LIFE, Mollusks: Mollusca, PHOTO TYPE, night dive, SIZE, macro, Squid: Teuthida, Thysanoteuthis rhombus, West Palm Beach, [LOCATION], blackwater, larvae, deep water squid, macro, marine, ocean, underwater, underwater photo, vertical
Deep water diamond squid larval
Bony Fishes: Osteichthyes, Fishes, LIFE STAGES, less than 1 inch, Laz Ruda, Lazaro Ruda Wildlife Photographer, MARINE LIFE, PHOTO TYPE, night dive, SIZE, macro, Swordfishes: Xiphiidae, TheLivingSea.com, West Palm Beach, [LOCATION], blackwater, larvae, macro, marine, ocean, swordfish: Xiphias gladius, underwater, underwater photo
Larval swordfish
4 - 8 inches, Cnidarians: Cnidaria, Invertebrates, Jellyfishes: Scyphozoans: Scyphozoa, LIFE STAGES, less than 1 inch, Laz Ruda, Lazaro Ruda Wildlife Photographer, MARINE LIFE, PHOTO TYPE, night dive, SIZE, macro, TheLivingSea.com, West Palm Beach, [LOCATION], blackwater, larvae, dangerous, eats jellyfish, jellyfish, jellyfish predator, macro, marine, ocean, pink meanie, sting, stinging cauliflower: Drymonema dalmatinum, underwater, underwater photo, vertical
Who eats jellyfish?
Bahamas, Caribbean reef squid: Sepioteuthis sepioidea, Cephalopods: Cephalopoda, FL, Florida, LIFE STAGES, less than 1 inch, PHOTO TYPE, West Palm Beach, PHOTO TYPE, night dive, SIZE, macro, USA, [LOCATION], black water, black water dive, blackwater, blackwater, larvae, horizontal, night, night dive, pelagic, pelagic magic, reflection
Caribbean reef squid at night
Arthropods: Arthropoda, Crustaceans: Crustacea, Decapods: Decapoda, Invertebrates, LIFE STAGES, less than 1 inch, Laz Ruda, Lazaro Ruda Wildlife Photographer, MARINE LIFE, Malacostraceans: Malacostracea, PHOTO TYPE, night dive, SIZE, macro, Spiny Lobsters: Palinuridae, TheLivingSea.com, West Palm Beach, [LOCATION], baby, blackwater, larvae, clear, food, horizontal, juvenile, larva, larvae, larval, larval stage, macro, marine, ocean, underwater, underwater photo
Western Atlantic spiny lobster larvae
BEHAVIOR, Cephalopods: Cephalopoda, Invertebrates, LIFE STAGES, less than 1 inch, Laz Ruda, Lazaro Ruda Wildlife Photographer, MARINE LIFE, Mollusks: Mollusca, PHOTO TYPE, night dive, SIZE, macro, Squid: Teuthida, TheLivingSea.com, West Palm Beach, [LOCATION], blackwater, larvae, ink, macro, marine, ocean, predation, predator avoidance, underwater, underwater photo
Cephalopod ink
Bony Fishes: Osteichthyes, Fishes, Flyingfishes: Exocoetidae, LIFE STAGES, less than 1 inch, Laz Ruda, Lazaro Ruda Wildlife Photographer, MARINE LIFE, PHOTO TYPE, night dive, SIZE, macro, TheLivingSea.com, West Palm Beach, [LOCATION], aqua, blackwater, larvae, blue, green, horizontal, juvenile, macro, marine, ocean, top profile, underwater, underwater photo, flyingfish, flying fish
2-inch juvenile flying fish at night
BEHAVIOR, Bony Fishes: Osteichthyes, Fishes, Jacks: Carangidae, LIFE STAGES, less than 1 inch, Laz Ruda, Lazaro Ruda Wildlife Photographer, MARINE LIFE, PHOTO TYPE, night dive, SIZE, macro, TheLivingSea.com, West Palm Beach, [LOCATION], blackwater, larvae, horizontal, less than 1 inch, macro, marine, ocean, protection, salp, underwater, underwater photo
Jack in a bubble
Bony Fishes: Osteichthyes, Fishes, LIFE STAGES, less than 1 inch, Laz Ruda, Lazaro Ruda Wildlife Photographer, MARINE LIFE, PHOTO TYPE, night dive, SIZE, macro, Searobins: Triglidae, TheLivingSea.com, West Palm Beach, [LOCATION], blackwater, larvae, less than 1 inch, macro, marine, ocean, underwater, underwater photo
Larval sea robin
Gastropods: Gastropoda, Invertebrates, LIFE STAGES, less than 1 inch, Laz Ruda, Lazaro Ruda Wildlife Photographer, MARINE LIFE, Mollusks: Mollusca, PHOTO TYPE, night dive, SIZE, macro, TheLivingSea.com, West Palm Beach, [LOCATION], blackwater, larvae, macro, marine, ocean, underwater, underwater photo
Veliger larva of a marine gastropod