These, and many more, juvenile sharks were eager to become grown-up-sharks and tried to hunt small fish all day long. They didn't seem to mind me too much and allowed me to swim with them while they were hunting.

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Juvenile Blacktip Reef Shark

Nudibranchs have external gills (the yellow rosette on the back), hence its name, which translates to "naked gill".

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Bullock's Hypselodoris

The pair of shrimp clears a little patch on the fire urchin with their claws. The patch is just large enough to move freely around collecting small pieces of food while still being protected from predators by the urchin's toxic spines. The largest of the shrimps is always the female.