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Once again the pictures of Alpheus randalli and Amblyeleotris aurora are courtesy of Mark Strickland.  Any use of these pictures without his permission is prohibited.  For more amazing pictures see his website, www.markstrickland.com.

The picture shown above was taken off the coast of Costa Rica by Julianne Merkes.

Both black and white drawings are original drawings for this site, sketched by Julianne Merkes.