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Blue ribbon eel, Jim's Alley (named after Jim Church, who wondered what was down there one day, and was pleasantly surprised), Gau Island.

What incredible animals!  The bottom isn't exactly thick with them, but you'll see more than one if you spend a week on a dive boat in Fiji.  My biggest problem with this one was that he wanted to look straight at me, and the sight of the two beady eyes on either side of his gullet was striking, but not particularly esthetic, or representative of the way most people would see him.  I waited until he was distracted from me by another diver.

Nikon F4, 200mm f/4D Auto Micro Nikkor, Aquatica Housing, 2 Ikelite 200 strobes, f/22, Kodak Royal Gold 100.