Japanese Angelshark (Squatina japonica) - with diver. Aka Japanese Angel Shark. Hatsushima Island, Izu Peninsula, Honshu, Sea of Japan. © Andy Murch / OceanwideImages.com
Blotchy Swellshark (Cephaloscyllium umbratile), aka Japanese Swell Shark. Tateyama, Chiba Prefecture, Honshu, Japan, Sea of Japan. © Andy Murch / OceanwideImages.com
Blotchy Swellshark (Cephaloscyllium umbratile), aka Japanese Swell Shark. Tateyama, Chiba Prefecture, Honshu, Japan, Sea of Japan. © Andy Murch / OceanwideImages.com
Blackmouth Catshark (Galeus melastomus). A relatively deepwater catshark ranging from Iceland to Senegal including the Mediterranean Sea. Trondheim Fiord, Norway. © Andy Murch / OceanwideImages.com
Puffadder Shyshark - (Haploblepharus edwardsii) - with diver. Aka Happy Eddy. False Bay, South Africa. © Andy Murch / OceanwideImages.com
White-Spotted Spurdog (Squalus acanthias). Also known as Piked Dogfish, Spiny Spurdog, Spotted Spiny Dogfish Spurdog and White-Spotted Dogfish. Found in shallow and temperate waters. Photo taken at Rhode Island, New England, USA, North Atlantic. © Andy Murch / OceanwideImages.com
Bull Shark (Carcharhinus leucas) and Scuba Diver. Also known as River Whaler, Freshwater Whaler and Swan River Whaler. Found worldwide in tropical and warm temperate seas and deep into freshwater for extended periods. South Bimini Island, Caribbean Sea. © Andy Murch / OceanwideImages.com
Bull Shark (Carcharhinus leucas) and scuba diver. Also known as River Whaler, Freshwater Whaler and Swan River Whaler. Found worldwide in tropical and warm temperate seas and far into freshwater for extended periods. South Bimini Island, Caribbean Sea. © Andy Murch / OceanwideImages.com
Banded Houndshark (Triakis scyllium). Shark feed in Tateyama, Chiba, Japan, Northwest Pacific Ocean. © Andy Murch / OceanwideImages.com
Starspotted Smoothhound Shark (Mustelus manazo). A shark in the family triakidae. Found in the Northwest Pacific from Siberia, China, Korea, Japan and Vietnam. © Andy Murch / OceanwideImages.com
Great Hammerhead Shark (Sphyrna mokarran). Photo taken off South Bimini Island, Bahamas, Caribbean Sea. © Andy Murch / OceanwideImages.com
Great Hammerhead Shark (Sphyrna mokarran). Photo taken off South Bimini Island, Bahamas, Caribbean Sea. © Andy Murch / OceanwideImages.com
Diver with a Tiger Shark (Gelocerdo cuvier). Found in tropical seas, with seasonal sightings in warm temperate areas. Photo taken at Fish Tales near Tiger Beach, Grand Bahama Bank, Caribbean Sea, Atlantic Ocean. © Andy Murch / OceanwideImages.com
Tiger Sharks (Gelocerdo cuvier). Found in tropical seas, with seasonal sightings in warm temperate areas. Photo taken at Fish Tales near Tiger Beach, Grand Bahama Bank, Caribbean Sea, Atlantic Ocean. © Andy Murch / OceanwideImages.com
Diver with a Tiger Shark (Gelocerdo cuvier), in a tonic immobility display during a shark feed at Fish Tales near Tiger Beach, Grand Bahama Bank, Caribbean Sea, Atlantic Ocean. Found in tropical seas, with seasonal sightings in warm temperate areas. © Andy Murch / OceanwideImages.com
Diver feeding a Tiger Shark (Gelocerdo cuvier). Found in tropical seas, with seasonal sightings in warm temperate areas. Photo taken at Fish Tales near Tiger Beach, Grand Bahama Bank, Caribbean Sea, Atlantic Ocean. © Andy Murch / OceanwideImages.com
Diver feeding a Tiger Shark (Gelocerdo cuvier). Found in tropical seas, with seasonal sightings in warm temperate areas. Photo taken at Fish Tales near Tiger Beach, Grand Bahama Bank, Caribbean Sea, Atlantic Ocean. © Andy Murch / OceanwideImages.com
Diver observing a Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus), feeding in plankton rich water off Isla Mujeres, Caribbean Sea. Found throughout the world in all tropical and warm-temperate seas. Classified Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List. © Andy Murch / OceanwideImages.com
Diver observing a Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus), feeding in plankton rich water off Isla Mujeres, Caribbean Sea. Found throughout the world in all tropical and warm-temperate seas. Classified Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List. © Andy Murch / OceanwideImages.com
Diver observing a Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus), feeding in plankton rich water off Isla Mujeres, Caribbean Sea. Found throughout the world in all tropical and warm-temperate seas. Classified Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List. © Andy Murch / OceanwideImages.com
Diver observing a Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus), feeding in plankton rich water off Isla Mujeres, Caribbean Sea. Found throughout the world in all tropical and warm-temperate seas. Classified Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List. © Andy Murch / OceanwideImages.com
Diver observing a Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus), feeding in plankton rich water off Isla Mujeres, Caribbean Sea. Found throughout the world in all tropical and warm-temperate seas. Classified Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List. © Andy Murch / OceanwideImages.com
Diver with Oceanic Whitetip Shark (Carcharhinus longimanus). This oceanic shark is found worldwide in tropical and temperate seas. Photo taken at Cat Island, Bahamas, Atlantic Ocean. © Andy Murch / OceanwideImages.com
Oceanic Whitetip Shark (Carcharhinus longimanus). This pelagic shark is an aggressive species and is found worldwide in tropical and temperate seas. Photo was taken offshore Cat Island, Bahamas, Atlantic Ocean. Classified Endangered on the IUCN Red List. © Andy Murch / OceanwideImages.com
Oceanic Whitetip Shark (Carcharhinus longimanus). This pelagic shark is an aggressive species and is found worldwide in tropical and temperate seas. Photo was taken offshore Cat Island, Bahamas, Atlantic Ocean. Classified Endangered on the IUCN Red List. © Andy Murch / OceanwideImages.com
Oceanic Whitetip Shark (Carcharhinus longimanus). This pelagic shark is an aggressive species and is found worldwide in tropical and temperate seas. Photo was taken offshore Cat Island, Bahamas, Atlantic Ocean. Classified Endangered on the IUCN Red List. © Andy Murch / OceanwideImages.com
Whitetip Reef Shark (Triaenodon obesus). Photo taken at Roca Partida, Socorro, Revillagigedo Islands, Mexico, Eastern Pacific. © Andy Murch / OceanwideImages.com
Japanese Butterfly Ray - (Gymnura japonica) - with diver. gymnuridae, Pacific Ocean, Chiba Prefecture, Japan. © Andy Murch / OceanwideImages.com
Bullseye Electric Ray (Diplobatis ommata). Aka Pacific Dwarf Numbfish. Sea of Cortez, Mexico, Eastern Tropical Pacific. © Andy Murch / OceanwideImages.com
Pacific Torpedo Ray (Tetronarce californica) Aka Pacific electric ray, Farnsworth Bank, Catalina Island, Eastern Pacific. © Andy Murch / OceanwideImages.com
Gorgona Guitarfish (Rhinobatos prahli) - with diver. Coiba, Panama, Eastern Pacific. © Andy Murch / OceanwideImages.com
Red Stingray (Hemitrygon akejai). Previously described as Dasyatis akajei. Chiba Prefecture, Honshu, Japan, Pacific Ocean. © Andy Murch / OceanwideImages.com
Red Stingray (Hemitrygon akejai). Previously described as Dasyatis akajei. Chiba Prefecture, Honshu, Japan, Pacific Ocean. © Andy Murch / OceanwideImages.com
Broadnose Sevengill Shark (Notorynchus cepedianus). Found in the western Pacific Ocean off China, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, eastern Pacific Ocean and south Atlantic Ocean. Millers Point, Simon's Town, Cape Province, South Africa. Threatened species. © Andy Murch / OceanwideImages.com
Broadnose Sevengill Shark (Notorynchus cepedianus). Aka Cowshark. False Bay, Western Cape, South Africa. © Andy Murch / OceanwideImages.com
Scuba Diver viewing endangered and diseased Staghorn Coral (Acropora cervicornis) photographed offshore Palm Beach, Florida, USA. This is the northernmost colony of this species found to date in the east coast of the U.S. Protected species. © Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com
Diver observing a Dolphinfish (Coryphaena hippurus). Also known as Mahi mahi and Dorado. Found throughout the world in tropical and sub-tropical seas. A commercially sought after fish. © Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com
Scuba Diver observing Atlantic Goliath Grouper (Epinephelus itajara) - surrounded by Baitfish. Also known as Giant Grouper. Palm Beach, Florida. Classified Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List. © Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com
Underwater Photographer with a Atlantic Goliath Grouper (Epinephelus itajara), surrounded by schooling Sardines. This Grouper is protected and listed as a threatened species. Photo taken at Jupiter, Florida, USA © MIchael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com
Scuba Diver observing a Atlantic Goliath Grouper (Epinephelus itajara), inside the wreck of the Mispah offshore Singer Island, Florida, USA. Endangered species. © MIchael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com
Scuba Diver observing a Atlantic Goliath Grouper (Epinephelus itajara), during a spawning aggregation in Palm Beach, Florida, USA. Endangered species. © MIchael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com
Scuba diver observing a Atlantic Goliath Grouper (Epinephelus itajara), surrounded by Cigar Minnows (Decapterus punctatus), during a spawning aggregation in Palm Beach, Florida, USA. Endangered species. © MIchael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com
Scuba diver observing Atlantic Goliath Grouper (Epinephelus itajara), resting under a ledge during a spawning aggregation in Palm Beach, Florida, USA. Endangered species. © MIchael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com
Diver photographing a Atlantic Goliath Grouper (Epinephelus itajara), off Palm Beach, Florida, USA. Endangered species. The Atlantic Goliath Grouper is one of the largest bony fishes in coral reefs in the Western Atlantic and Eastern Pacific. © MIchael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com
Snorkeler and Florida Manatee in the Three Sisters Spring, rystal River, Florida, USA. Three Sisters is a refuge for manatees during winter as the endangered sea mammals shelter in the 72 F water gushing from the ground. © Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com
Snorkel Diver with an underwater scooter observes Atlantic Spotted Dolphin (Stenella frontalis), in the White Sand Ridge, Northern Bahamas, USA. © Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com
Scuba Diver with a catch of Lionfish (Pterois volitans), an invasive and poisonous species that has spread throughout the Caribbean and tropical Atlantic and threatens a variety of native marine life. © Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com
Scuba diver exploring the shipwreck HMS Saskatchewan encrusted in inverebrate marine life. Situated near Nanaimo, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada © Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com
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