The world's best underwater photographs 2010

'Hitting sailfish' - Sailfish attacking schooling fish in Port St Johns, South Africa Photograph: Alexander Safonov /Barcroft Media

'Continental trench' - A diver in a continental trench in Silfra, Iceland Photograph: Magnus Lundgren/Barcroft Media

'Froggy and shrimpfish' - a frogfish and shrimpfish in Indonesia Photograph: Luc Eeckhaut/Barcroft Media

'Hungry' - a leopard seal in Antarctica Photograph: Bartosz Strozynski/Barcroft Media

'The First Born - Seahorse Baby' - a seahorse in Singer Island, Florida Photograph: Lazaro Ruda /Barcroft Media

'Multitude' - schooling catfish in Indonesia Photograph: Acevedo Eduardo/Barcroft Media

'Cowshark' - A cowshark in Cape Town, South Africa Photograph: Dennis Vandermeersch/Barcroft Media

'Thanks to Keri' - Juvenile flying fish in Raja Ampat, Indonesia Photograph: Michele Davino/Barcroft Media

'Mantis Shrimp with Eggs' - a mantis shrimp with eggs in Anilao, Philippines Photograph: Stephen Holinski/Barcroft Media

'Are you looking at me?' - Jack fish in Sipadan, Borneo, Malaysia Photograph: John Hill/Barcroft Media

'Stargazer' - Stargazer in Blue Heron Bridge, Florida Photograph: Keri Wilk/Barcroft Media

'Mystery Wreck' - Diver inside wreck in Gran Canaria Photograph: David Barrio/Barcroft Media

'Struggle for freedom' - Baltic herring inside a net in Baltic Sea Photograph: Karel Bernard/Barcroft Media

'Underwater Sadness' - A sea turtle caught in a net in Sea of Cortez, Mexico Photograph: Ramon Dominguez/Barcroft Media

'Schooling Jacks' - Diver and schooling jackfish in Indonesia Photograph: Maria Rivarola/Barcroft Media

'Blue Eyes' - A moray eel in Indonesia Photograph: Michael McEvoy/Barcroft Media

'Reflection' - A lion fish in Red Sea, Egypt Photograph: Yigal Aharoni /Barcroft Media

'Harlequin shrimps' - Harlequin shrimps in Tulamben, Bali, Indonesia Photograph: Francesco De Marchi/Barcroft Media

'Sand Tiger' - A sand tiger shark in a school of fish in North Carolina Photograph: Jeremy Kozman/Barcroft Media

'Lion Fish' - A lion fish with schooling glassfish in the Red Sea, Egypt Photograph: Amir Stern/Barcroft Media

'Women profile' - Soft coral and schooling bait fish under a pier in Raja Ampat, Indonesia Photograph: Adriano Morettin/Barcroft Media

'Inner glow' - A jellyfish in Ningaloo Reef, Australia Photograph: Ross Gudgeon/Barcroft Media

'Leopard on ice' - A leopard seal in the Antarctic Photograph: Jonas Thormar/Barcroft Media

'Untitled' - Sweetlips in an unspecified location Photograph: Jose Alejandro Alvarez/Barcroft media