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Giant Oceanic Manta Ray (Manta birostris). Showing close detail of the gill slits of a Manta feeding on plankton at night off the Kona coast, Hawaii. Manta's are found in tropical waters throughout the world, mostly around coral reefs.
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Giant Oceanic Manta Ray (Manta birostris). Two Giant Oceanic Manta Rays intersect as they feed on plankton at night off the Kona coast, Hawaii. Manta's are found in tropical waters throughout the world, mostly around coral reefs.
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Giant Oceanic Manta Ray (Manta birostris). Showing close detail of the gill slits of a Manta feeding on plankton at night off the Kona coast, Hawaii. Manta's are found in tropical waters throughout the world, mostly around coral reefs.
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Giant Oceanic Manta Ray (Manta birostris). Two Giant Oceanic Manta Rays intersect as they feed on plankton at night off the Kona coast, Hawaii. Manta's are found in tropical waters throughout the world, mostly around coral reefs.
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Giant Oceanic Manta Ray (Manta birostris) feeding on plankton at night off the Kona coast, Hawaii. Manta's are found in tropical waters throughout the world, mostly around coral reefs.
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Giant Oceanic Manta Ray (Manta birostris). Three Giant Oceanic Manta Rays intersect as they feed on plankton at night off the Kona coast, Hawaii. Manta's are found in tropical waters throughout the world, mostly around coral reefs.
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Giant Oceanic Manta Ray (Manta birostris) at a cleaning station. Also known as Devilfish. Found in tropical waters throughout the world, mostly around coral reefs.
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Giant Oceanic Manta Ray (Manta birostris) at a cleaning station. Also known as Devilfish. Found in tropical waters throughout the world, mostly around coral reefs.
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Giant Oceanic Manta Ray (Manta birostris) entangled in, and towing, a fishermans net. Photo taken at Yap, Micronesia. Manta's are found in tropical waters throughout the world, mostly around coral reefs.
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Giant Oceanic Manta Ray (Manta birostris). Also known as Devilfish. Found in tropical waters throughout the world, mostly around coral reefs. Photo taken off Hawaii.
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Giant Oceanic Manta Ray (Manta birostris) at a cleaning station. Also known as Devilfish. Found in tropical waters throughout the world, mostly around coral reefs.
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The Divers (MR) underwater lights attract planktonic food to an area where Giant Oceanic Manta Rays (Manta birostris) frequently feed at night. The Big Island, Hawaii, USA
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The Divers (MR) underwater lights attract planktonic food to an area where Giant Oceanic Manta Rays (Manta birostris) frequently feed at night. The Big Island, Hawaii, USA
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Giant Oceanic Manta Ray (Manta birostris). Also known as Devilfish. Found in tropical waters throughout the world, mostly around coral reefs. Photo taken off Hawaii.
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Reef Manta Ray (Manta alfredi). Also known as Devilfish and Devilray. Found throughout the Indo-Pacific in tropical and subtropical waters, but also recorded in the tropical east Atlantic. Photo taken off Hawaii, Pacific Ocean.
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Reef Manta Ray (Manta alfredi). Also known as Devilfish and Devilray. Found throughout the Indo-Pacific in tropical and subtropical waters, but also recorded in the tropical east Atlantic. Photo taken off Hawaii, Pacific Ocean.
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Reef Manta Ray (Manta alfredi), hovering over a man-made reef of car tires . Also known as Devilfish and Devilray. Found throughout the Indo-Pacific in tropical and subtropical waters, but also recorded in the tropical east Atlantic. Photo Maui, Hawaii
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Reef Manta Ray (Manta alfredi). Also known as Devilfish and Devilray. Found throughout the Indo-Pacific in tropical and subtropical waters, but also recorded in the tropical east Atlantic. West Maui, Hawaii, USA.
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Diver observing Reef Manta Ray (Manta alfredi). Also known as Devilfish and Devilray. Found throughout the Indo-Pacific in tropical and subtropical waters, but also recorded in the tropical east Atlantic. West Maui, Hawaii, USA.
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Reef Manta Ray (Manta alfredi), with mouth open and feeding on planktonic at night off the Big Island, Hawaii, USA.
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Diver observing Reef Manta Ray (Manta alfredi). Also known as Devilfish and Devilray. Found throughout the Indo-Pacific in tropical and subtropical waters, but also recorded in the tropical east Atlantic. West Maui, Hawaii, USA.
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Reef Manta Ray (Manta alfredi). Also known as Devilfish and Devilray. Found throughout the Indo-Pacific in tropical and subtropical waters, but also recorded in the tropical east Atlantic. West Maui, Hawaii, USA.
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Diver observing Reef Manta Ray (Manta alfredi). Also known as Devilfish and Devilray. Found throughout the Indo-Pacific in tropical and subtropical waters, but also recorded in the tropical east Atlantic. West Maui, Hawaii, USA.
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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Reef Manta Ray (Manta alfredi). Also known as Devilfish and Devilray. Found throughout the Indo-Pacific in tropical and subtropical waters, but also recorded in the tropical east Atlantic. West Maui, Hawaii, USA.
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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Reef Manta Ray (Manta alfredi). Also known as Devilfish and Devilray. Found throughout the Indo-Pacific in tropical and subtropical waters, but also recorded in the tropical east Atlantic. West Maui, Hawaii, USA.
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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A sound recording device from the University of Hawaii anchored on a reef off the Big Island, Hawaii, Pacific Ocean.
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Plastic bottles litter the ocean bottom on a coral reef in Palm Beach, Florida, USA
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Garbage consisting of plastic bags, fishing line and litter scattered along the bottom of Palm Beach County reefs and intracoastal waterways. Florida, USA
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Discarded man made object beneath a Palm Beach County jetty, now encrusted in sea sponge, algae and a sea urchin. Florida, USA
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Discarded road marker, or "witches hat", beneath a Palm Beach County jetty, now encrusted in barnacles and sea algae. Florida, USA
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Garbage consisting of fishing line and litter scattered along the bottom of Palm Beach County reefs and intracoastal waterways. Florida, USA
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Discarded toilet on a coral reef. Juno Beach, Florida, USA
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Sea Urchin (Lytechinus variegatus), with shells and beer bottle cap attached to it. Photographed in the Lake Worth Lagoon, an estuary near the Palm Beach Inlet in Palm Beach County, Florida, USA
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Sea Urchin (Lytechinus variegatus) with shells, beer bottle cap and newspaper attached to it. Photographed in the Lake Worth Lagoon, an estuary near the Palm Beach Inlet in Palm Beach County, Florida, USA
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Discarded rope littering a coral reef in Palm Beach, Florida, USA. Rope and fishing line trap, maim and kill thousands of marine animals worldwide every year, including whales, dolphins, sharks and sea turtles.
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Discarded rope littering a coral reef in Palm Beach, Florida, USA. Rope and fishing line trap, maim and kill thousands of marine animals worldwide every year, including whales, dolphins, sharks and sea turtles.
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Discarded shopping carts on the bottom of the Lake Worth Lagoon, an estuary near the Palm Beach Inlet in Palm Beach County, Florida, USA
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Schooling Sargeant Majors (Abudefduf saxatilis) and Spottail Pinfish (Diplodus holbrooki), swarm a discarded shopping cart on the bottom of the Lake Worth Lagoon in Singer Island, Florida, USA
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Discarded shopping carts on the bottom of the Lake Worth Lagoon, an estuary near the Palm Beach Inlet in Palm Beach County, Florida, USA
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Discarded rope and debris on a Palm Beach County coral reef, Florida, USA. This debris can break corals and sponges and trap sea turtles and other marine animals.
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Discarded rope and debris on a Palm Beach County coral reef, Florida, USA. This debris can break corals and sponges and trap sea turtles and other marine animals.
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Sea Urchin (Lytechinus variegatus), with discarded bottle tops and other rubbish attached. Photo taken in Lake Worth Lagoon, Singer Island, Florida, USA.
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Sea Urchin (Lytechinus variegatus), with discarded bottle tops and other rubbish attached. Photo taken in Lake Worth Lagoon, Singer Island, Florida, USA.
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Porkfish (Anisotremus virginicus), swimming over garbage dumped on a reef off Palm Beach County, Florida, USA.
© Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com |
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Scuba Divers picking up cans and garbage dumped on a coral reef offshore Palm Beach, Florida, USA.
© Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com |
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Scuba Diver with collected cans and garbage dumped on a coral reef offshore Palm Beach, Florida, USA.
© Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com |
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Scuba Divers picking up cans and garbage dumped on a coral reef offshore Palm Beach, Florida, USA.
© Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com |
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Scuba Diver with collected cans and garbage dumped on a coral reef offshore Palm Beach, Florida, USA. He is also removing an invasive introduced Volitans Lionfish (Pterois volitans), from the reef.
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