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gugunderwater.bsky.social
The rarest of the rare! This holy-grail dream fish is a larval-stage #monkfish, aka #goosefish.

Shot in the wild, using scuba, while diving at night over water several thousand feet deep, several miles offshore from Kumejima, Okinawa.

#larvalfish #blackwater #gug #deepseafish
March 10, 2026 at 12:31 PM
yourmoonliness.bsky.social
#februarty #deepseafish #fishyfeb #huh?
February 21, 2025 at 2:12 PM
gugunderwater.bsky.social
One of the biggest, most beautiful larval-stage #dragonfish ever!
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Shot while drifting in the open ocean at night
#deepseafish #larvalfish #blackwater #blackwaterdiving #blackwaterphotography #chrisgug #gugunderwater #gug #scubadiving #underwater #plankton
May 28, 2025 at 4:13 PM
gugunderwater.bsky.social
A quick clip of the first-ever sighting of a bony-eared assfish (#Acanthonus armatus) in Okinawa!

#bonyearedassfish #assfish #acanthonusarmatus #deepseacreatures #deepseafish #blackwater #blackwaterdiving #blackwaterphotography #gug #chrisgug #gugunderwater
December 24, 2025 at 1:28 PM
gugunderwater.bsky.social
In order, we have:
1) #Louvar
2) #swordfish
3) #flyingfish
4) #cuskeel
5) #ipnops
6) #siphonophore (don’t lick 👅)
7) #polychaete worm
8) sargassum #filefish

#deepseafish #larvalfish #blackwater #blackwaterdiving #blackwaterphotography #blackwatervideo #scubadiving #ocean #gugunderwater #gug
July 23, 2025 at 12:26 PM
shapeofmetal.bsky.social
Okay I’m in deep. Fish are cool.

#backrooms #poolrooms #illustration #deepseafish
December 9, 2024 at 6:57 PM
gugunderwater.bsky.social
The largest larval-stage #Lucibrotula corethromycter cusk eel I’ve ever seen!

#cuskeel #larvalfish #deepseafish #deepsea #deepseacreatures #lucibrotula #blackwater #blackwaterdiving #blackwaterphotography #gug #chrisgug #gugunderwater #scubadiving #underwater
October 18, 2025 at 11:07 AM
gugunderwater.bsky.social
Of the several different species of larval-stage #dragonfish that I occasionally encounter on my Aliens Collection dives, this is my fav. More distinct finnage, and super cool color dots.
#larvalfish #deepseafish #blackwater #blackwaterdiving #blackwaterphotography #gugunderwater #chrisgug #gug
July 13, 2025 at 5:11 PM
gugunderwater.bsky.social
A very rare & yet-to-be-classified species of deep-water #anglerfish in its larval stage. Anyone care to lend me their sub so I can go searching for an adult lying on the seafloor at 2500m deep?😁

#deepseafish #larvalfish #blackwater #blackwaterdiving #chrisgug #gugunderwater #gug
August 8, 2025 at 1:28 PM
gugunderwater.bsky.social
Freaky fishies & other gooey things from 15-17May2024.

1 & 2) two different species of #dragonfish
3) #anglerfish
4) male #nautilus #octopus riding a salp
5) #phronima in a #salp
6) #scaleworm
7) #whalefish
#larvalfish #deepseafish #blackwaterdiving #gug #chrisgug #gugunderwater
September 14, 2025 at 2:08 PM
gugunderwater.bsky.social
Another of my “Images Unsorted” folders ✔️ This time from 18 & 19 May, 2024

In order, we have
1) #DiamondSquid
2) “monstrous” shrimp
3) unidentified #scorpionfish
4) #gurnard
5) #codlett
6) unidentified #CuskEel
7) shrimp riding a #PelagicNudibranch

#deepseafish #blackwater #blackwaterdiving #gug
September 20, 2025 at 11:29 AM
gugunderwater.bsky.social
When it comes to my Aliens Collection, the weirder the better - and few fish are weirder than the larval-stage #Lamprogrammus #cuskeel

#deepsea #deepseacreatures #deepwater #deepseafish #blackwater #blackwaterdiving #blackwaterphotography #gug #chrisgug #gugunderwater
January 16, 2026 at 12:36 PM
gugunderwater.bsky.social
One of the smallest Armored Sea Robins that I’ve ever seen - its body a little larger than a pea.
This is the same species featured in my Aliens Collection Print, “Alien #27”.

#armoredsearobin #searobin #larvalfish #deepseafish #blackwaterdiving #gurnard #chrisgug #gug #gugunderwater
October 21, 2025 at 2:26 PM
gugunderwater.bsky.social
Done traveling for now & settled into Indonesia.
A beautiful larval-stage #tripodfish flares its fins for my camera.
A similar species to the one shown in my print, Alien #4.
#bathypterois #marinelife #deepseafish #blackwaterdiving #underwater #scubadiving #chrisgug #gug #gugunderwater
September 4, 2025 at 1:08 AM
gugunderwater.bsky.social
A beautifully-crowned #Tonguefish larvae (#Cynoglossidae sp.), drifting with the #plankton in #Okinawa. Don’t worry - it gets more “tongue-y” as it gets to its adult stage.
#flatfish #fishlarvae #deepseafish #blackwater #blackwaterdiving #gug #chrisgug #gugunderwater
October 16, 2025 at 1:21 PM
gugunderwater.bsky.social
Crazy-looking larval cusk eel with an impressive external gut. We’re still not sure why having the intestines on the outside is advantageous, but there must be a good reason 🤔
TL ~2.5cm

#cuskeel #larvalfish #deepseafish #deepseacreatures #blackwaterdiving #chrisgug #gugunderwater #gug
October 28, 2025 at 2:47 PM
anxiousame.bsky.social
Angler progress 🖤

#angler #anglerfish #fish #deepseafish #deepseacreatures #progress #workinprogressart #workinprogress #wip #wipart #linework #lineart #ink #inkart #inkartwork #inkandpen #inking #inked #art #artist #artwork #draw #drawing #sketchbook
February 25, 2025 at 3:16 PM
gugunderwater.bsky.social
How cute! This Bony-Eared Assfish has a pet amphipod!
And yes, that’s the actual name of this this #fish - the bony-eared #assfish #Acanthonus armatus

#cuskeel #bonyearedassfish #acanthonusarmatus #blackwater #blackwaterdiving #deepseafish #larvalfish #deepsea #chrisgug #gugunderwater #gug
October 26, 2025 at 1:28 PM
joshmcdraw.bsky.social
Angler fish doodle

#art #digitalart #deepseafish
February 9, 2026 at 8:07 AM
pated.dev
The new Hikukiore keeps the same size, movement speed, and bite damage, but its turn rate is now slower. The chase animation has also been slowed down to create a more natural swimming motion.

#screenshotsaturday #gamedev #deepseafish
July 11, 2026 at 4:10 PM
gugunderwater.bsky.social
Love the way this type of #cuskeel larvae sometimes curls its little tail over its face - so freakin cute! 🥰 This guy is ~1.5 cm, and while I can’t be sure, it could be #Monomitopus agassizii.

#deepseafish #fishlarvae #blackwater #chrisgug #gugunderwater #gug #underwater #scubadiving #ocean
June 18, 2025 at 2:11 PM
gugunderwater.bsky.social
I presume this is a type of Myctophidae lanternfish, but I’m not 100% sure.
TL ~2.5cm
Shot offshore from Palm Beach, FL in Feb2025

#lanternfish #myctophidae #deepseafish #fishlarvae #larvalfish #deepseacreatures #blackwater #blackwaterdiving #blackwaterphotography #gug #chrisgug #gugunderwater
December 14, 2025 at 11:40 AM
gugunderwater.bsky.social
A collection of clips from February 3-10, 2024, off West Palm Beach, Florida, USA. While I would have liked to have looked at them ~2 years ago, that was a busy time, and no longer doing the suuuuper time-consuming art exhibits has freed me up in so many ways!!!

#deepseafish #deepwatercreatures
February 27, 2026 at 2:00 PM
gugunderwater.bsky.social
Looking like a big, scary dragon, this very rare, teensy, tiny baby Armored Sea Robin is always a pleasure to find. This is the same species featured in my print, “Alien 27”
#armoredsearobin #searobin #gurnard #deepseafish #larvalfish #blackwater #gug #chrisgug #gugunderwater
June 10, 2025 at 1:12 PM
theromancescrooge.bsky.social
Abstract painting inspired by the deepsea stoplight loosejaw! c:

Acrylic on canvas.

#stoplightloosejaw #deepseafish #abstractart #traditionalart
October 23, 2025 at 11:47 PM