Lacking any other defense, many larval fish have adapted
transparency as a method of camouflage—such as this tiny, see-through larval
leaf scorpionfish in Hawaii. Photograph by Chris Newbert/Minden Pictures
A goby fish (Trimma okinawae) peers out of a sea anemone in
the Solomon Islands. Gobies are serial sex-changers: They can go through both
male and female phases. Photograph by Wolcott Henry
As if bathed in moonlight, a giant spider crab (Macrocheira
kaemferi) is illuminated by a diver's lamp in Japan's Izu Oceanic Park.
Protected from some predators by its hard exoskeleton, the creature—which can
grow to ten feet (three meters) wide—can also blend in with the ocean floor.
Under deeper cover, it can disappear beneath the sponges and other marine life
it uses to adorn its shell. Photograph by David Doubilet
It takes more than high-tech wizardry to capture
deep-ocean creatures on film. Dragged alongside the unmanned submersible
SeaRover, liquid tuna and chum attracted this rosy rockfish, swimming by a
basket sea star in the waters of Monterey Bay, California. Photograph by Emory
Kristof
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