Coral Seas

  • Roger Steene
Firefly,, $50

Australian photographer Roger Steene works with marine scientists to record sea life around the world. Among the 340 colour photographs in his Coral Seas (Firefly, $50) are creatures — from microscopic organisms to a super-mimic octopus — that have not yet been officially discovered or named. Those that have include, from top, the pink anemonefish, whose body mucus contains chemicals that protect it from its host's stinging cells; the triggerfish, whose dorsal fins lock upright to wedge it safely into a sleeping space; and the rhinoceros triplefin.