The most beautiful underwater animal photos in 2011

This year, more than 600 photos were sent to the underwater photo contest organized by Miami University of Atmospheric and Oceanography (USA), in which the image of the goby in MarsaAlam (Egypt) won the first prize.

This is the photo that won the first prize by author Tobias Friedrich (Germany) describing two gobies in MarsaAlam (Egypt).

It is difficult for Michael Gallagher (England) to discover this dwarf seahorse, because it is very easy to mingle with the surrounding environment. The work won the first prize in Macro category.

Spanish sea slug photograph of sea photographer Jordi Benitez won the second prize in the macro category.

The photo won the first prize for a wide-angle photo depicting two squid fish mating at the Oosterschelde door (Netherlands) by Luc Rooman (Belgium).

The work of Jellyfish in Lake Worth Lagoon, Florida (USA) by Steven Kovacs won the first prize in the portrait of fish or marine creatures.

Susan Mears (US) Susan Mears (USA) won the second prize of the prickly puffer fish in Worth Lagoon, Florida.