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WP09344 Ducklings and goldfish.
WP05169 Ducklings and goldfish.
WP00090 A duckling swims among goldfish.
WP07336 Common Frog (Rana temporaria) albino tadpoles.
WP07323 Pair of Common Frogs (Rana temporaria) in amplexus. Europe.
WP00108 Axolotl (Siredon mexicanum), leucistic. A leucistic creature can be differentiated from an albino because it's eyes are not red.
WP11772 Common Blenny or Shanny (Blennius pholis). N. E. Atlantic south to Portugal.
WP11766 Whiskery or Split-lure Frogfish (Antennarius scaber). American Atlantic.
WP11411 Young Plaice (Pleuronectes platessa) soon after hatching from pelagic larval form.
WP07493 Plaice (Pleuronectes platessa) full face portrait. North Atlantic.
WP04746 Archer Fish (Toxotes chatareus) jetting water at a fly.
WP04745 Archer Fish (Toxotes chatareus) leaping for spider.
WP05081 Yellow-finned Barb.
WP04839 Siamese Fighting Fish (Betta splendens) male and female in courtship display.
WP01053 Kissing Gouramis (Helostoma temmincki). Malay peninsula, Thailand, Indonesia.
WP04550 Red Piranha (Serrasalmus nattereri). Amazon Basin, Orinoco, Parana Basin.
WP03761 Golden Seahorse (Hippocampus kuda).
WP03913 Pufferfish (Diodon holacanthus), one inflated in self-defence.
WP03311 Mudskipper (Periophthalmus barbarus) displaying with raised dorsal fin.
WP03307 Mudskipper (Periophthalmus barbarus).
WP00035 Four-winged Flying Fish (Cypselurus lineatus) gliding over a calm sea.
WP00952 Elvers of Common or European Eel (Anguilla anguilla) migrating up a stream.
WP00030 Brown Trout (Salmo trutta) fingerling, leaping at a damselfly. Europe.
WP00171 Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar) males in breeding colours leaping a waterfall in Scotland.
WP00041 Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar) in breeding colours leaping a waterfall.
WP11245 Dover Sole (Microstomus pacificus) young fish just after left eye has migrated to right side. Atlantic coasts.
WP11504 Rainbow Trout (Salmo gairdneri) newly hatched alevin. North America, introduced elsewhere.
WP11413 Rainbow Trout (Salmo gairdneri) 'Siamese twins' joined at the tail, just after hatching. North America introduced elsewhere.
WP10332 Three-spined Stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) eggs with developing embryos.
WP09197 Rainbow Trout (Salmo gairdneri) egg development series of 8 stages. Start bottom left and move anti clockwise.
WP08688 Brown Trout (Salmo trutta) fingerling taking a mayfly. Europe, introduced elsewhere.
WP11409 Great Diving Beetle (Dytiscus marginalis) female.
WP04847 Non-biting midge (Chironomus plumosus) larvae showing gills and false legs.
WP08749 Mayfly (Cloeon species) larva.
WP04845 Mosquito (Culex sp.) pupae hanging at the water's surface.
WP11263 Shore Crab (Carcinus maenas) eggs with developing larvae. Atlantic.
WP05819 Shore Crab (Carcinus maenas) first stage larva.
WP05378 Brine Shrimp (Artemia salina) female carrying eggs in pouch.
WP05821 Freshwater copepods (Diaptomus).
WP05806 Water Flea (Daphnia magna).
WP05651 Water Fleas (Daphnia magna).
WP11833 Topshells and other marine snails with mother-of-pearl layer exposed, some as a result of wave action.
WP11825 Ramshorn Snail (Planorbis species) very young specimens.
WP11250 Queen Scallop (Chlamys opercularis) showing rudimentary eyes. Atlantic.
WP00924 Caribbean Reef Squid (Sepioteuthis sepioidea).
WP11530 Heart Urchin (Echinocardium caudatum) test seen from above. Atlantic coasts.
WP11330 Freshwater worm (Tubifex). Worldwide.
WP05613 Volvox colonies photographed at 40x magnification.
WP05614 Volvox colonies at 15x magnification.
WP08958 Filamentous freshwater green algae (Spirogyra).
WP32539 Raft Spider (Dolomedes fimbriatus) female resting on water surface. Europe & Asia.
WP26604 Pattern of sectioned ammonite.
WP26179 Koi Carp (Cyprinus carpio) getting in on the bat photography.
WP22607 Water Beetles (Dytiscus marginalis) and (Acilius sulcatus) clustered around an air bubble trapped beneath the ice of a frozen pond.
WP22618 Hermit Crab (Pagurus megistos).
WP22617 Land hermit crab (Coenobita species). South east Asia.
WP22616 Hermit Crab (Pagurus megistos) feeding on fish head.
WP03314 Mudskipper (Periophthalmus barbarus). West Africa.
WP03306 Mudskipper (Periophthalmus barbarus).
WP16424 Padde worm (Phyllodoce).
WP16355 Floating colonies of Stentor (ciliate protozoa) with gas bubbles used to lift colonies.
WP16395 Common Prawn (Leander serratus) newly hatched larva.
WP15340 Goldfish.
WP14799 Fish Louse (Copepoda) female carrying egg pouches, on the eye of a Sea Bass (Dicentrarchus labrax).
WP14798 Fish Louse (Copepoda) female carrying egg pouches, taken on Sea Bass (Dicentrarchus labrax).
WP08777 Tadpole Shrimp (Triops longicaudatus) immature.
WP05080 South American Characin (Metynnis shreitmuelleri).
WP05078 Three-spined Stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) males in territorial dispute.
WP03970 Golden Butterflyfish (Chaetodon auriga) (below), with dorsal eyespot, Chequered Butterflyfish (Chaetodon chrysurus) (right), and Rainbow Butterflyfish (Chaetodon trifasciatus).
WP03971 Yellow Longnose Butterflyfish (Forcipiger flavissimus).
WP09210 A young cat looking at a goldfish in a goldfish bowl.
WP13069 Shore Crab (Carcinus maenas) in defensive posture.
WP18005 Goldfish.
WP18404 Goldfish (Carassius auratus).
WP18012 White Koi carp.
WP17656 Carp (Cyprinus carpio).
WP18008 'Mirror' Carp (Cyprinus carpio).
WP18403 Yellow Koi Carp.
WP27123 Rainbow Trout (Salmo gairdneri) development of new laid egg to hatchling. (Read anti clockwise from bottom left).
WP04838 Siamese Fighting Fish (Betta splendens) males displaying aggressively at each other. Malay peninsula and Thailand.
WP04703 Lilac Snapper (Diploprion species).
