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Pair of large Bluefin Trevally (Caranx melampygus) come by for a close inspection.

Mixed school of Bluefin Trevally (Caranx melampygus) and Yellow-spotted Trevally (Carangoides orthogrammus).

Emperor Angelfish (Pomacanthus imperator).

Pair of Beautiful Risbecia (Risbecia pulchella) displaying trailing behavior.

Cloud of Bluestreak Fusiler (Pterocaesio tile) swarms over the reef.

Roundhead Parrotfish (Chlorurus strongycephalus).

Tawny Nurse Shark (Nebrius ferrugineus) resting in a sand channel.

Tawny Nurse Shark (Nebrius ferrugineus).

Cushion Stars (Culcita sp.) are very common on the reef flat.

Day Octopus (Octopus cyanea) have been very common in Chagos with several spotted on nearly every dive.

Dense beds of seagrass were seen on several dives around Egmont Islands.

Two-banded Anemonefish (Amphiprion bicinctus) found only in the Red Sea and Chagos Archipelago.

Crescent-tail Bigeye (Priacanthus hamrur).

Entwined pair of leathery sponges.

Spotted ctenphore floating near the surface.

Curious Tawny Nurse Shark (Nebrius ferrugineus) swims by several scientists and gives Anderson Mayfield a close pass.

View of sand waves far below while on a safety stop at the end of a dive.

Polarized school of Black-nosed Cardinalfish (Rhabdamia cypselurus) and Golden Sweeper (Parapriacanthus ransonneti).

Dense cloud of Black-nosed Cardinalfish (Rhabdamia cypselurus) swarm out from under ledge.

Dragonet (Synchiropus sp.)

Juvenile Emperor Angelfisn (Pomacanthus imperator).

Painted Spiny Lobster (Panulirus versicolor) comes out from its hiding spot under a ledge.

Scattered school of Black-nosed Cardinalfish (Rhabdamia cypselurus) and Golden Sweeper (Parapriacanthus ransonneti).

Anderson Mayfield photographs the curious Painted Spiny Lobster (Panulirus versicolor).

$Sailor\'s Eyeball (Valonia ventricosa) algae is a common site but not usually seen in the asexual budding stage.$

Pair of Tawny Nurse Sharks (Nebrius ferrugineus) getting cozy under an overhang.

School of Yellowmask Surgeonfish (Acanthurus mata) schools above a sloping drop-off.

Mixed school of Blue and Yellow Fusiliers (Caesio teres) and Double-lined Fusiliers (Pterocaesio digramma).

Blue-lined Triggerfish (Xanthichthys caeruleolineatus).

Day Octopus (Octopus cyanea) hiding in its burrow lined by rocks and shells.

Fluted Giant Clam (Tridacna squammosa) with spotted mantle.

Guineafowl Puffer (Arothron meleagris) black spotted form.

Juvenile Red Snapper (Lutjanus bohar).

Male Scalefin Anthias (Pseudanthias squamipinnis).

$A new species of sea cucumber we\'ve been seeing in Chagos--possibly related to the Pineapple Sea Cucumber.$

Pair of Spotted Unicornfish (Naso brevirostris).

Yellow-spotted Scorpionfish (Sebastapistes cyanostigma) hiding among the branches of a Pocillopora coral.

Granular Sea Star (Choriaster granulatus).

Guineafowl Puffer (Arothron meleagris) solid yellow form.

School of Longfin Spadefish (Platax teira) buzz by along a drop-off.

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