Chris Gug
@gugunderwater.bsky.social
Pro underwater photographer and filmmaker. Ocean art gallery📍Lauderdale by the Sea, FL
“Flocean #2”
From the Flocean Collection of abstract beachscape prints.
96” x 48”
It’s rare that I get a private concert while installing my art!
Call, email, or stop by in to the Lauderdale showroom and we’ll get that empty wall transformed into an elevated space filled with joyful ocean art!
From the Flocean Collection of abstract beachscape prints.
96” x 48”
It’s rare that I get a private concert while installing my art!
Call, email, or stop by in to the Lauderdale showroom and we’ll get that empty wall transformed into an elevated space filled with joyful ocean art!
November 24, 2025 at 1:26 PM
“Flocean #2”
From the Flocean Collection of abstract beachscape prints.
96” x 48”
It’s rare that I get a private concert while installing my art!
Call, email, or stop by in to the Lauderdale showroom and we’ll get that empty wall transformed into an elevated space filled with joyful ocean art!
From the Flocean Collection of abstract beachscape prints.
96” x 48”
It’s rare that I get a private concert while installing my art!
Call, email, or stop by in to the Lauderdale showroom and we’ll get that empty wall transformed into an elevated space filled with joyful ocean art!
Straight outta Arrakis
Like the worm riders in Dune, an imperator shrimp rides atop of this 3” nudibranch. They’ve stayed together in the same spot for 4 weeks now!
#nudibranch #symbiosis #imperatorshrimp #emperorshrimp #seaslug #gug #gugunderwater #chrisgug #tulamben #tulambenbali
Like the worm riders in Dune, an imperator shrimp rides atop of this 3” nudibranch. They’ve stayed together in the same spot for 4 weeks now!
#nudibranch #symbiosis #imperatorshrimp #emperorshrimp #seaslug #gug #gugunderwater #chrisgug #tulamben #tulambenbali
November 21, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Straight outta Arrakis
Like the worm riders in Dune, an imperator shrimp rides atop of this 3” nudibranch. They’ve stayed together in the same spot for 4 weeks now!
#nudibranch #symbiosis #imperatorshrimp #emperorshrimp #seaslug #gug #gugunderwater #chrisgug #tulamben #tulambenbali
Like the worm riders in Dune, an imperator shrimp rides atop of this 3” nudibranch. They’ve stayed together in the same spot for 4 weeks now!
#nudibranch #symbiosis #imperatorshrimp #emperorshrimp #seaslug #gug #gugunderwater #chrisgug #tulamben #tulambenbali
The most common fish in the ocean in 2025.
All shot on one dive last week, along with another hundred or so.
There is no “away”.
All shot on one dive last week, along with another hundred or so.
There is no “away”.
November 19, 2025 at 12:57 PM
The most common fish in the ocean in 2025.
All shot on one dive last week, along with another hundred or so.
There is no “away”.
All shot on one dive last week, along with another hundred or so.
There is no “away”.
I have a feeling that soon there is going to be a lot more of these little peanut-size #pelagic #heteropods! Everywhere I turned, there was another pair doing the horizontal no-pants romance dance.
#heteropoda #seaangel #seabutterfly #blackwaterdiving #okinawa #gugunderwater #gug #mollusk
#heteropoda #seaangel #seabutterfly #blackwaterdiving #okinawa #gugunderwater #gug #mollusk
November 16, 2025 at 12:18 PM
I have a feeling that soon there is going to be a lot more of these little peanut-size #pelagic #heteropods! Everywhere I turned, there was another pair doing the horizontal no-pants romance dance.
#heteropoda #seaangel #seabutterfly #blackwaterdiving #okinawa #gugunderwater #gug #mollusk
#heteropoda #seaangel #seabutterfly #blackwaterdiving #okinawa #gugunderwater #gug #mollusk
This little 1” goby chose the most beautiful spot for its home!
November 13, 2025 at 1:26 PM
This little 1” goby chose the most beautiful spot for its home!
1st photo: what NOT to do with an underwater camera.
2nd photo: for context to explain what the heck is going on.
#eel #moray #morayeel #gymnothorax #giantmoray #giantmorayreel #tulamben #tulambenbali #bali #gug #chrisgug #gugunderwater
2nd photo: for context to explain what the heck is going on.
#eel #moray #morayeel #gymnothorax #giantmoray #giantmorayreel #tulamben #tulambenbali #bali #gug #chrisgug #gugunderwater
November 12, 2025 at 12:38 PM
1st photo: what NOT to do with an underwater camera.
2nd photo: for context to explain what the heck is going on.
#eel #moray #morayeel #gymnothorax #giantmoray #giantmorayreel #tulamben #tulambenbali #bali #gug #chrisgug #gugunderwater
2nd photo: for context to explain what the heck is going on.
#eel #moray #morayeel #gymnothorax #giantmoray #giantmorayreel #tulamben #tulambenbali #bali #gug #chrisgug #gugunderwater
Finally downloaded the memory card from the past 8 days of shooting, and this is the very last frame, shot tonight while collecting my bonfire lights.
#squid #cephalopod #tulamben #bali #gug
#squid #cephalopod #tulamben #bali #gug
November 10, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Finally downloaded the memory card from the past 8 days of shooting, and this is the very last frame, shot tonight while collecting my bonfire lights.
#squid #cephalopod #tulamben #bali #gug
#squid #cephalopod #tulamben #bali #gug
While I don’t think anyone has made a specific designation between “larval” and “adult”, in the moorish idol, I’m going to label this one “post-larval”
#moorishidol #blackwater #blackwaterdiving #blackwaterphotography #kumejima #okinawa #chrisgug #gug #gugunderwater
#moorishidol #blackwater #blackwaterdiving #blackwaterphotography #kumejima #okinawa #chrisgug #gug #gugunderwater
November 8, 2025 at 2:29 PM
While I don’t think anyone has made a specific designation between “larval” and “adult”, in the moorish idol, I’m going to label this one “post-larval”
#moorishidol #blackwater #blackwaterdiving #blackwaterphotography #kumejima #okinawa #chrisgug #gug #gugunderwater
#moorishidol #blackwater #blackwaterdiving #blackwaterphotography #kumejima #okinawa #chrisgug #gug #gugunderwater
The most colorful #squid I’ve ever seen! And such a cooperative poser too!
#🦑 #cephalopod #chromatophores #calamari #underwater #blackwater #blackwaterdiving #blackwaterphotography #blackwatervideo #kumeisland #kumejima #okinawa #chrisgug #gugunderwater #gug
#🦑 #cephalopod #chromatophores #calamari #underwater #blackwater #blackwaterdiving #blackwaterphotography #blackwatervideo #kumeisland #kumejima #okinawa #chrisgug #gugunderwater #gug
November 4, 2025 at 12:49 PM
The most colorful #squid I’ve ever seen! And such a cooperative poser too!
#🦑 #cephalopod #chromatophores #calamari #underwater #blackwater #blackwaterdiving #blackwaterphotography #blackwatervideo #kumeisland #kumejima #okinawa #chrisgug #gugunderwater #gug
#🦑 #cephalopod #chromatophores #calamari #underwater #blackwater #blackwaterdiving #blackwaterphotography #blackwatervideo #kumeisland #kumejima #okinawa #chrisgug #gugunderwater #gug
Ctenophores, more commonly called comb jellies, are pretty much everywhere in all oceans, but they’re incredibly hard to see during the day. But at night...
#combjelly #colloblasts #blackwaterdiving #blackwater #blackwaterphotography #okinawa #kume #kumejima #chrisgug #gug #gugunderwater
#combjelly #colloblasts #blackwaterdiving #blackwater #blackwaterphotography #okinawa #kume #kumejima #chrisgug #gug #gugunderwater
October 30, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Ctenophores, more commonly called comb jellies, are pretty much everywhere in all oceans, but they’re incredibly hard to see during the day. But at night...
#combjelly #colloblasts #blackwaterdiving #blackwater #blackwaterphotography #okinawa #kume #kumejima #chrisgug #gug #gugunderwater
#combjelly #colloblasts #blackwaterdiving #blackwater #blackwaterphotography #okinawa #kume #kumejima #chrisgug #gug #gugunderwater
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
TL ~2.5cm
#cuskeel #larvalfish #deepseafish #deepseacreatures #blackwaterdiving #chrisgug #gugunderwater #gug
October 28, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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
TL ~2.5cm
#cuskeel #larvalfish #deepseafish #deepseacreatures #blackwaterdiving #chrisgug #gugunderwater #gug
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
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
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
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
StarStruck
From the SeaScapes Collection
60 x 40”
Love the stone accent wall in this dining room! And it all comes together with a pop of color from the sea!
Order standard sizes online, or call/email to discuss custom sizing, and if you’re in South FL, stop into the RCamm Art showroom in LbtS, FL
From the SeaScapes Collection
60 x 40”
Love the stone accent wall in this dining room! And it all comes together with a pop of color from the sea!
Order standard sizes online, or call/email to discuss custom sizing, and if you’re in South FL, stop into the RCamm Art showroom in LbtS, FL
October 25, 2025 at 1:00 PM
StarStruck
From the SeaScapes Collection
60 x 40”
Love the stone accent wall in this dining room! And it all comes together with a pop of color from the sea!
Order standard sizes online, or call/email to discuss custom sizing, and if you’re in South FL, stop into the RCamm Art showroom in LbtS, FL
From the SeaScapes Collection
60 x 40”
Love the stone accent wall in this dining room! And it all comes together with a pop of color from the sea!
Order standard sizes online, or call/email to discuss custom sizing, and if you’re in South FL, stop into the RCamm Art showroom in LbtS, FL
Jellyfish helmet!
This larval-stage jack fish (aka trevally) is living inside the #jellyfish for protection against whatever might come his way.
#jackfish #trevalley #jellyfish #🪼 #symbiosis #blackwater #blackwaterdiving #blackwaterphotography #gug #chrisgug #gugunderwater #okinawa #kume #kumejima
This larval-stage jack fish (aka trevally) is living inside the #jellyfish for protection against whatever might come his way.
#jackfish #trevalley #jellyfish #🪼 #symbiosis #blackwater #blackwaterdiving #blackwaterphotography #gug #chrisgug #gugunderwater #okinawa #kume #kumejima
October 24, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Jellyfish helmet!
This larval-stage jack fish (aka trevally) is living inside the #jellyfish for protection against whatever might come his way.
#jackfish #trevalley #jellyfish #🪼 #symbiosis #blackwater #blackwaterdiving #blackwaterphotography #gug #chrisgug #gugunderwater #okinawa #kume #kumejima
This larval-stage jack fish (aka trevally) is living inside the #jellyfish for protection against whatever might come his way.
#jackfish #trevalley #jellyfish #🪼 #symbiosis #blackwater #blackwaterdiving #blackwaterphotography #gug #chrisgug #gugunderwater #okinawa #kume #kumejima
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
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
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
This is the same species featured in my Aliens Collection Print, “Alien #27”.
#armoredsearobin #searobin #larvalfish #deepseafish #blackwaterdiving #gurnard #chrisgug #gug #gugunderwater
Here’s a weird one for ya - even by my standards! This #crab has a pair of #barnacles growing out of its forehead!
This crab is in an early life stage known as #Megalopa
#parasitism #symbiosis #blackwater #blackwaterdiving #blackwaterphotography #okinawa #chrisgug #gugunderwater #gug
This crab is in an early life stage known as #Megalopa
#parasitism #symbiosis #blackwater #blackwaterdiving #blackwaterphotography #okinawa #chrisgug #gugunderwater #gug
October 20, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Here’s a weird one for ya - even by my standards! This #crab has a pair of #barnacles growing out of its forehead!
This crab is in an early life stage known as #Megalopa
#parasitism #symbiosis #blackwater #blackwaterdiving #blackwaterphotography #okinawa #chrisgug #gugunderwater #gug
This crab is in an early life stage known as #Megalopa
#parasitism #symbiosis #blackwater #blackwaterdiving #blackwaterphotography #okinawa #chrisgug #gugunderwater #gug
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
#cuskeel #larvalfish #deepseafish #deepsea #deepseacreatures #lucibrotula #blackwater #blackwaterdiving #blackwaterphotography #gug #chrisgug #gugunderwater #scubadiving #underwater
October 18, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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
#cuskeel #larvalfish #deepseafish #deepsea #deepseacreatures #lucibrotula #blackwater #blackwaterdiving #blackwaterphotography #gug #chrisgug #gugunderwater #scubadiving #underwater
A young #argonaut #octopus (aka “paper #nautilus”) hitches a ride atop a muave stinger #jellyfish.
#papernautilus #symbiosis #muavestinger #🐙 #🪼 #blackwater #blackwaterphotography #blackwaterdiving #chrisgug #gugunderwater #gug #kumejima #okinawa #marinelife
#papernautilus #symbiosis #muavestinger #🐙 #🪼 #blackwater #blackwaterphotography #blackwaterdiving #chrisgug #gugunderwater #gug #kumejima #okinawa #marinelife
October 17, 2025 at 1:11 PM
A young #argonaut #octopus (aka “paper #nautilus”) hitches a ride atop a muave stinger #jellyfish.
#papernautilus #symbiosis #muavestinger #🐙 #🪼 #blackwater #blackwaterphotography #blackwaterdiving #chrisgug #gugunderwater #gug #kumejima #okinawa #marinelife
#papernautilus #symbiosis #muavestinger #🐙 #🪼 #blackwater #blackwaterphotography #blackwaterdiving #chrisgug #gugunderwater #gug #kumejima #okinawa #marinelife
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
#flatfish #fishlarvae #deepseafish #blackwater #blackwaterdiving #gug #chrisgug #gugunderwater
October 16, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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
#flatfish #fishlarvae #deepseafish #blackwater #blackwaterdiving #gug #chrisgug #gugunderwater
I slowed down this vid in the beginning, but let it get to its actual real speed - crazy!
Admittedly, I kept wondering how this #polychaete #worm would be in a marinara sauce, covered in pecorino romano🤤
Shot in #Okinawa.
#marineworm #polychaeteworm
Admittedly, I kept wondering how this #polychaete #worm would be in a marinara sauce, covered in pecorino romano🤤
Shot in #Okinawa.
#marineworm #polychaeteworm
October 14, 2025 at 2:08 PM
I slowed down this vid in the beginning, but let it get to its actual real speed - crazy!
Admittedly, I kept wondering how this #polychaete #worm would be in a marinara sauce, covered in pecorino romano🤤
Shot in #Okinawa.
#marineworm #polychaeteworm
Admittedly, I kept wondering how this #polychaete #worm would be in a marinara sauce, covered in pecorino romano🤤
Shot in #Okinawa.
#marineworm #polychaeteworm
First (and only) time seeing this species - and this doesn’t appear to be a larval-stage - perhaps a juvenile, just post-metamorphosis.
#soapfish #larvalsoapfish #blackwater #blackwaterdiving #blackwaterphotography #chrisgug #gug #gugunderwater
#soapfish #larvalsoapfish #blackwater #blackwaterdiving #blackwaterphotography #chrisgug #gug #gugunderwater
October 12, 2025 at 1:09 PM
First (and only) time seeing this species - and this doesn’t appear to be a larval-stage - perhaps a juvenile, just post-metamorphosis.
#soapfish #larvalsoapfish #blackwater #blackwaterdiving #blackwaterphotography #chrisgug #gug #gugunderwater
#soapfish #larvalsoapfish #blackwater #blackwaterdiving #blackwaterphotography #chrisgug #gug #gugunderwater
I’ve watched this pair of #clownfish through two full breeding cycles over the past month and a half - as of yesterday morning, they’re empty nesters once again. It’s been cool documenting the whole process and watching the eggs develop.
#anemone #tulamben #gug #chrisgug #gugunderwater
#anemone #tulamben #gug #chrisgug #gugunderwater
October 11, 2025 at 12:17 PM
I’ve watched this pair of #clownfish through two full breeding cycles over the past month and a half - as of yesterday morning, they’re empty nesters once again. It’s been cool documenting the whole process and watching the eggs develop.
#anemone #tulamben #gug #chrisgug #gugunderwater
#anemone #tulamben #gug #chrisgug #gugunderwater
New print release in the Fish Faces Collection! “TURTLE ECLIPSE OF THE SUN”. See the full story behind the shot at gugunderwater.com/item/turtle-...
Originally shot as a horizontal image, it’s quite flexible, so it also works well as a vertical, square, or panoramic crop.
Originally shot as a horizontal image, it’s quite flexible, so it also works well as a vertical, square, or panoramic crop.
October 9, 2025 at 12:32 PM
New print release in the Fish Faces Collection! “TURTLE ECLIPSE OF THE SUN”. See the full story behind the shot at gugunderwater.com/item/turtle-...
Originally shot as a horizontal image, it’s quite flexible, so it also works well as a vertical, square, or panoramic crop.
Originally shot as a horizontal image, it’s quite flexible, so it also works well as a vertical, square, or panoramic crop.
I’ve never seen so many anemones in all my life! Every surface covered in anemones as far as the eye could see!
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#anemone #clownfish #anemonefish #emperorangelfish #tulamben #bali #chrisgug #gugunderwater #gug
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#anemone #clownfish #anemonefish #emperorangelfish #tulamben #bali #chrisgug #gugunderwater #gug
October 7, 2025 at 11:18 AM
I’ve never seen so many anemones in all my life! Every surface covered in anemones as far as the eye could see!
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#anemone #clownfish #anemonefish #emperorangelfish #tulamben #bali #chrisgug #gugunderwater #gug
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#anemone #clownfish #anemonefish #emperorangelfish #tulamben #bali #chrisgug #gugunderwater #gug
The weedy #rhinopias (Rhinopias frondosa) is a holy grail species for any fish nerd, and I returned to shoot this guy several days in a row.
#rhinopiasfrondosa #weedyrhinopias #chrisgug #gug #gugunderwater
#rhinopiasfrondosa #weedyrhinopias #chrisgug #gug #gugunderwater
October 5, 2025 at 12:33 PM
The weedy #rhinopias (Rhinopias frondosa) is a holy grail species for any fish nerd, and I returned to shoot this guy several days in a row.
#rhinopiasfrondosa #weedyrhinopias #chrisgug #gug #gugunderwater
#rhinopiasfrondosa #weedyrhinopias #chrisgug #gug #gugunderwater