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Atlantic Sharpnose Shark (Rhizoprionodon terraenovae). Mississippi Barrier Islands, Gulf of Mexico, Atlantic Ocean, USA.
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Pacific sharpnose shark (Rhizoprionodon longurio). Mulege, Baja, Mexico, Sea of Cortez.
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Pacific Sharpnose Shark (Rhizoprionodon longurio) - caught on a shark fishing longline. Sea of Cortez, Mulege, Baja, Mexico.
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Pacific Sharpnose Shark (Rhizoprionodon longurio) - caught on a shark fishing longline. Sea of Cortez, Mulege, Baja, Mexico.
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Dead Pacific Sharpnose Sharks (Rhizoprionodon longurio) on the deck of a longlining shark fishing panga. Sea of Cortez, Mulege, Baja, Mexico.
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Dead Pacific Sharpnose Sharks (Rhizoprionodon longurio) on the deck of a longlining shark fishing panga. Sea of Cortez, Mulege, Baja, Mexico.
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Dr Eric Hoffmeyer measures and tags an Atlantic Sharpnose Shark (Rhizoprionodon terraenovae) in the Mississippi Sound, Ocean Springs, Mississippi, Gulf of Mexico.
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Dr Eric Hoffmeyer measures and tags an Atlantic Sharpnose Shark (Rhizoprionodon terraenovae) in the Mississippi Sound, Ocean Springs, Mississippi, Gulf of Mexico.
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Dr Eric Hoffmeyer dissects an Atlantic Sharpnose Shark (Rhizoprionodon terraenovae). Mississippi Barrier Islands, Gulf of Mexico, Atlantic Ocean, USA.
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Silky Shark (Carcharhinus falciformis). Galveston, Texas, Gulf of Mexico.
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Silky Shark (Carcharhinus falciformis). Galveston, Texas, Gulf of Mexico.
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Silky Shark (Carcharhinus falciformis). Circumtropical species, possibly occasionally venturing into warm temperate seas. Photo taken Gulf of Mexico, Louisiana, USA.
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Silky Shark (Carcharhinus falciformis). Circumtropical species, possibly occasionally venturing into warm temperate seas. Photo taken Gulf of Mexico, Louisiana, USA.
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Silky Shark (Carcharhinus falciformis). Circumtropical species, possibly occasionally venturing into warm temperate seas. Photo taken Gulf of Mexico, Louisiana, USA.
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Silky Shark (Carcharhinus falciformis). Circumtropical species, possibly occasionally venturing into warm temperate seas. Photo taken Gulf of Mexico, Louisiana, USA.
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Silky Shark (Carcharhinus falciformis). A requiem shark associated with offshore reefs and blue water. Circumtropical. Socorro Island, Mexico, Eastern Pacific.
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Silky Shark (Carcharhinus falciformis). A requiem shark associated with offshore reefs and blue water. Circumtropical. Socorro Island, Mexico, Eastern Pacific.
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Silky Shark (Carcharhinus falciformis) at sunset. A requiem shark associated with offshore reefs and blue water. Circumtropical. Socorro Island, Mexico, Eastern Pacific.
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Silky Shark (Carcharhinus falciformis) at sunset. A requiem shark associated with offshore reefs and blue water. Circumtropical. Socorro Island, Mexico, Eastern Pacific.
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Silky Shark (Carcharhinus falciformis) at sunset. A requiem shark associated with offshore reefs and blue water. Circumtropical. Socorro Island, Mexico, Eastern Pacific.
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Silky Shark (Carcharhinus falciformis) at sunset. A requiem shark associated with offshore reefs and blue water. Circumtropical. Socorro Island, Mexico, Eastern Pacific.
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Silky Shark (Carcharhinus falciformis) at sunset. A requiem shark associated with offshore reefs and blue water. Circumtropical. Socorro Island, Mexico, Eastern Pacific.
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Silvertip Shark (Carcharhinus albimarginatus). Socorro Island, Mexico, Eastern Pacific.
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Silvertip Shark (Carcharhinus albimarginatus). Socorro Island, Mexico, Eastern Pacific.
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Physonect Siphonophore (Forskalia edwarsi), feeding with tentacles extended in order to catch plankton. Siphonophores are colonial animals, composed of many physiologically integrated zooids. Photo taken Sea of Cortez, Mexico, Pacific Ocean
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Velez Ray (Raja velezi). Also known as Velez Skate. Photo taken at La Paz Bay, Sea of Cortez, Baja California Sur, Mexico.
© Andy Murch / OceanwideImages.com |
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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 Gulf of Mexico, Louisiana, USA.
© Andy Murch / OceanwideImages.com |
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Cortez Round Stingray (Urobatis maculatus). Sea of Cortez, Baja, Mexico
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Cortez Round Stingray (Urobatis maculatus). Playa Conception, Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico
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Cortez Round Stingray (Urobatis maculatus). Playa Conception, Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico
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Bullseye Stingray (Urobatis concentricus). Also known as Reef Stingray. Cabo Pulmo, Baja, Mexico, Sea of Cortez.
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Bullseye Stingray (Urobatis concentricus). Also known as Reef Stingray. Cabo Pulmo, Baja, Mexico, Sea of Cortez.
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Round Stingray (Urobatis halleri). Also known as Hallers Stingray. Sea of Cortez, Mulege, Baja, Mexico.
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Round Stingray (Urobatis halleri). Also known as Hallers Stingray. Sea of Cortez, Mulege, Baja, Mexico.
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A male Round Stingray (Urobatis halleri) - grips the tail and pelvic fins of a female in order to subdue her before mating. Mullege, Sea of Cortez, Baja, Mexico.
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A male Round Stingray (Urobatis halleri) - grips the tail and pelvic fins of a female in order to subdue her before mating. Mullege, Sea of Cortez, Baja, Mexico.
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A male Round Stingray (Urobatis halleri) - grips the tail and pelvic fins of a female in order to subdue her before mating. Mullege, Sea of Cortez, Baja, Mexico.
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A male Round Stingray (Urobatis halleri) - grips the tail and pelvic fins of a female in order to subdue her before mating. Mullege, Sea of Cortez, Baja, Mexico.
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Southern Stingray (Dasyatis americana). Photo taken at Gulf of Mexico, Panama City, Florida, USA.
© Andy Murch / OceanwideImages.com |
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Longtail Stingray (Hypanus longus). Previously named Dasyatis longa. Socorro Island, Mexico, Eastern Pacific.
© Andy Murch / OceanwideImages.com |
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Longtail Stingray (Hypanus longus). Previously named Dasyatis longa. Socorro Island, Mexico, Eastern Pacific.
© Andy Murch / OceanwideImages.com |
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Longtail Stingray - (Hypanus longus) - with Whitetip Reef Sharks (Triaenodon obesus). This Ray was previously named Dasyatis longa. Socorro Island, Mexico, Eastern Pacific.
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Longtail Stingray - (Hypanus longus) - with Whitetip Reef Sharks (Triaenodon obesus). This Ray was previously named Dasyatis longa. Socorro Island, Mexico, Eastern Pacific.
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Longtail Stingray - (Hypanus longus) - with Whitetip Reef Sharks (Triaenodon obesus). This Ray was previously named Dasyatis longa. Socorro Island, Mexico, Eastern Pacific.
© Andy Murch / OceanwideImages.com |
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Longtail Stingray (Hypanus longus). Previously named Dasyatis longa. Socorro Island, Mexico, Eastern Pacific.
© Andy Murch / OceanwideImages.com |
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Longtail Stingray (Hypanus longus). Previously named Dasyatis longa. Socorro Island, Mexico, Eastern Pacific.
© Andy Murch / OceanwideImages.com |
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Cortez Round Stingray (Urobatis maculatus), aka Spotted Round Ray. Sea of Cortez, Mexico, Eastern Pacific.
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Haller's Round Stingray (Urobatis halleri). Aka Round Ray or Cortez Ray. Midriff Islands, Sea of Cortez, Mexico.
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