Best OverallMarchione Giacomo
Black-Saddle Snake Eel (Ophichthus cephalozona)
being cleaned by a cleaner shrimp (Periclimenes venustus)
Indonesia
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1st Place – Fish or Marine Animal Portrait
Jawfish, family: Opistognathidae Andrew Delano Philippines
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2nd Place – Fish or Marine Animal Portrait West Indian Manatee (Trichechus manatus)
Ryan Nelson
Crystal River, Florida
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3rd Place – Fish or Marine Animal Portrait
Giant Manta (Manta birostris) with golden trevally (Gnathodon speciosus) Marchione Giacomo Raja Ampat, Indonesia
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Honorable Mention – Fish or Marine Animal Portrait
Graysby (Cephalopholis cruentata) with cleaner shrimp Tony Cherbas Florida
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1st Place – Wide Angle
Whale shark (Rhincodon typus), with yellow remoras, family: Echeneidae
Marchione Giacomo
South Atoll, Maldives
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2nd Place – Wide Angle
Green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas)
Tony Cherbas
Riviera Beach, Florida
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3rd Place – Wide Angle
School of longfin batfish (Platax teira)
Massimo Giorgetta
Indonesia
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Honorable Mention – Wide Angle
No species – over/under of reef/sunset
Massimo Giorgetta
Papau New Guinea
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1st Place – Macro
Nudibranch on gorgonian (Tritonia hamnerorum)
Jerome Israel
Florida Keys
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2nd Place – Macro
juvenile flying fish, (family: Exocoetidae)
Riviera Beach
Steven Kovacs
Riviera Beach, Florida
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3rd Place – Macro
Formosa egg cowrie (Cuspivolva formosa)
Dragos Dumitrescu
Lembeh,Indonesia
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Honorable Mention – Macro
Soft coral porcelain crab (Lissoporcellana nakasonei)
Massimo Giorgetta
Indonesia
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1st Place – University of Miami Student
Galapagos sea lion (Zalophus wollebaeki)
Joslen Beitel
Galapagos
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2nd Place – University of Miami Student
Chain moray eel (Echidna catenata)
Kevin Schauer
Curaçao, Netherland Antilles
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3rd Place University of Miami Student
Caribbean reef squid (Sepioteuthis sepioidea)
Rebecca Kraut
Key Largo, Florida
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Honorable Mention – University of Miami Student
Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas)
Joslen Beitel
Galapagos
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