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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Scuba Diver observing Hawksbill Sea Turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata). Northern Bahamas. Found in tropical and warm temperate seas worldwide. Rare. Classified Critically Endangered species on the IUCN Red List.
© Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com |
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Scuba diver observing a Hawksbill Sea Turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata). Palm Beach, Florida, USA. Found in tropical and warm temperate seas worldwide. Rare. Classified Critically Endangered species on the IUCN Red List.
© Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com |
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Scuba diver observing a Loggerhead Sea Turtle (Caretta caretta). Palm Beach, Florida, USA. Found in tropical and warm temperate seas worldwide. Endangered species listed on IUCN Red list.
© Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com |
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Diver hand feeding a Tiger Shark (Galeocerdo cuvier). Offshore Jupiter, Florida, United States.
© Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com |
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Diver photographing a Tiger Shark (Galeocerdo cuvier). Offshore Jupiter, Florida, United States.
© Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com |
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Diver photographing a Tiger Shark (Galeocerdo cuvier). Offshore Jupiter, Florida, United States.
© Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com |
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Sandbar Shark (Carcharhinus plumbeus) and Scuba Diver. Also known as Thickskin Shark. Found in Tropical and Warm Temperate Seas of the world. Photo taken offshore Jupiter, Florida, USA. Classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.
© Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com |
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Sandbar Shark (Carcharhinus plumbeus) and Scuba Diver. Also known as Thickskin Shark. Found in Tropical and Warm Temperate Seas of the world. Photo taken offshore Jupiter, Florida, USA. Classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.
© Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com |
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Diver with Silky Shark (Carcharhinus falciformis). Circumtropical species, possibly occasionally venturing into warm temperate seas. Photo taken offshore Jupiter, Florida, USA.
© Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com |
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Diver with Silky Shark (Carcharhinus falciformis). Circumtropical species, possibly occasionally venturing into warm temperate seas. Photo taken offshore Jupiter, Florida, USA.
© Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com |
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Diver with Silky Shark (Carcharhinus falciformis). Circumtropical species, possibly occasionally venturing into warm temperate seas. Photo taken offshore Jupiter, Florida, USA.
© Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com |
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Diver with Spinner Shark (Carcharhinus brevipinna). Also known as Longnose Grey Shark, Inkytail Shark and Smoothfang Shark. Found in warm temperate and tropical seas in Atlantic, Indian and Western Pacific oceans. Photo taken off Florida, USA.
© Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com |
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Divers photographing Lemon Sharks (Negaprion brevirostris). In Federal waters offshore Jupiter, Florida, United States.
© Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com |
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Diver photographing Lemon Sharks (Negaprion brevirostris). In Federal waters offshore Jupiter, Florida, United States.
© Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com |
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Divers observe outside one of the enclosures holding Almaco Jack (Seriola rivoliana), at a fish farm off The Big Island, Hawaii, USA.
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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Divers observe a Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops gilli), near a fish net holding pen full of (Almaco jacks (Seriola rivoliana), at a fish farm off The Big Island, Hawaii, USA.
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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Snorkel diver swimming with Atlantic Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) and Atlantic Spotted Dolphin (Stenella plagiodon). The Bahamas Bank, Florida, USA
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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A couple (MR) of snorkelers free diving with a school of Milletseed Butterflyfish (Chaetodon miliaris). Photo taken off Hawaii, USA. This is a composite image, comprising of 2 or more images digitally merged together.
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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Snorkel diver (MR) with a school of tropical fish, including Raccoon Butterflyfish (Chaetodon lunula), in foreground. Photo taken off Hawaii, USA. This is a composite image, comprising of 2 or more images digitally merged together.
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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Snorkel diver (MR) with a school of tropical fish, including Milletseed butterflyfish (Chaetodon miliaris), in foreground. Photo taken off Hawaii, USA. This is a composite image, comprising of 2 or more images digitally merged together.
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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A couple of snorkelers (MR) free diving with a school of Milletseed Butterflyfish (Chaetodon miliaris) and other tropical fish. Photo taken off Hawaii, USA.
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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Snorkel divers (MR) exploring a reef off Hawaii, USA.
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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A couple of snorkelers (MR) free diving with a school of Milletseed Butterflyfish (Chaetodon miliaris) and other tropical fish. Photo taken off Hawaii, USA.
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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A couple of snorkelers (MR) free diving over Second Cathedral, a popular scuba diving site off the island of Lanai, Hawaii, USA
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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A couple of snorkelers (MR) free diving off Molokini Marine Preserve, Maui, Hawaii, USA
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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Underwater photographer (MR) photographing an Oceanic Whitetip Shark (Carcharhinus longimanus), off Hawaii, USA
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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Sleek Unicornfish (Naso hexacanthus), being cleaned by endemic Hawaiian Cleaner Wrasse (Labroides phthirophagus) at a fish cleaning station. Photo taken off Hawaii, Pacific Ocean.
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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Diver observing a Banded Sea Urchin (Echinothrix calamaris). Hawaii, USA. Pacific Ocean.
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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Diver (MR) and Giant Pacific Octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini). British Columbia, Canada.
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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Diver (MR) and Giant Pacific Octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini). British Columbia, Canada.
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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Diver (MR) and Giant Pacific Octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini). British Columbia, Canada.
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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Divers work to install a massive wave energy buoy off Kaneoho Bay, Oahu. The 40-kW experimental buoy, employs the bobbing motion of the buoy to drive an electrical generator, that then sends power to the island via underwater cable, Hawaii.
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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A Diver (MR) works on a massive wave energy buoy off Kaneoho Bay, Oahu. The 40-kW experimental buoy, employs the bobbing motion of the buoy to drive an electrical generator, that then sends power to the island via underwater cable, Hawaii.
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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A Diver (MR) works on installing a massive wave energy buoy off Kaneoho Bay, Oahu. The 40-kW experimental buoy, employs the bobbing motion of the buoy to drive an electrical generator, that then sends power to the island via underwater cable, Hawaii.
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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Scuba Diver with Giant Oceanic Manta Ray (Manta birostris) and schooling fish,off Hawaii. This is a composite image, comprising of 2 or more images digitally merged together.
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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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
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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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
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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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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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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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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