Best Overall

: Two gobies, MarsaAlam, Egypt. Photographer: Tobias Friedrich, Germany.

Macro 1st Place

: Pygmy seahorse (Hippocampus bargibanti). Photographer: Michael Gallagher, United Kingdom.

Macro 2nd Place:

Nudibranch (Cratena peregrina). Tarragona, Catalunya, Spain. Photographer: Jordi Benitez, Spain.

Macro 3rd Place

: Nudibranchand mantis shrimp, Serayabeach, Bali, Indonesia. Photographer: Erika Antoniazzo, Malaysia.

Wide-angle 1st Place

: Mating cuttlefish, Oosterschelde, Holland. Photographer: Luc Rooman, Belgiu.

Wide-angle 2nd Place

: Sting ray and cardinal fish Mogan, Gran Canaria, Spain. Photographer: David Barrio Colongues, Spain.

Wide-angle 3rd Place

: Barracuda, Sudanese Red Sea. Photographer: Jackie Campbell, Ireland.

Fish or Marine Animal Portrait 1st Place

: Jellyfish, Lake Worth Lagoon, Riviera Beach, Florida. Photographer: Steven Kovacs, Florida.

Fish or Marine Animal Portrait 2nd Place

: Web Burrfish (Chilomycterus antillarum) Lake Worth Lagoon, Riviera Beach, Florida. Photographer: Susan Mears, Florida.

Fish or Marine Animal Portrait 3rd Place:

Frog at the surface of a lake, Belgium. Photographer: Luc Rooman, Belgium.

Best Student Entry

: Orange spotted filefish (Oxymonacanthus longirostris), YasawasIslands, Fiji. Photographer: Laura Rock, Florida.

Student 2nd Place

: Whale shark, (Rhincodon typus), Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia. Photographer: Laura Rock, Florida.

Student 3rd Place

: Blue striped cleaner wrasse cleaning an Emperor Angelfish (Pomacanthus imperator), Yasawas Islands, Fiji. Photographer: Laura Rock, Florida.

Images of Underwater Photo Contest Winners

Date: 21 April 2011 Time: 10:50 AM ET
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