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Cape Fur Seal (Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus) feeding on a captured Spearnose Skate (Raja alba). Seal Island, False Bay, South Africa
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Southern Fiddler Ray (Trygonorrhina guaneria). Also known as Banjo Shark, Green Skate, Parrit and Southern Fiddler. Photo taken in Port Phillip Bay, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Southern Fiddler Ray (Trygonorrhina guaneria). Also known as Banjo Shark, Green Skate, Parrit and Southern Fiddler. Photo taken in Port Phillip Bay, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Southern Fiddler Ray (Trygonorrhina guaneria). Also known as Banjo Shark, Green Skate, Parrit and Southern Fiddler. Photo taken in Port Phillip Bay, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Southern Fiddler Ray (Trygonorrhina guaneria). Also known as Banjo Shark, Green Skate, Parrit and Southern Fiddler. Photo taken in Port Phillip Bay, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Southern Fiddler Ray (Trygonorrhina guaneria). Also known as Banjo Shark, Green Skate, Parrit and Southern Fiddler. Photo taken in Port Phillip Bay, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Southern Fiddler Ray (Trygonorrhina guaneria). Also known as Banjo Shark, Green Skate, Parrit and Southern Fiddler. Photo taken in Port Phillip Bay, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Southern Fiddler Ray (Trygonorrhina guaneria). Also known as Banjo Shark, Green Skate, Parrit and Southern Fiddler. Photo taken in Port Phillip Bay, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Shark Ray (Rhina ancylostoma). Also known as Bowmouth Guitarfish and Mud Skate. The only member of the Sharkfin Guitarfish family (Rhyncobatidae) with a broadly rounded snout. Found throughout Indo-Pacific west to South Africa. Photo taken Australia.
© Andy Murch / OceanwideImages.com |
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Shark Ray (Rhina ancylostoma). Also known as Bowmouth Guitarfish and Mud Skate. The only member of the Sharkfin Guitarfish family (Rhyncobatidae) with a broadly rounded snout. Found throughout Indo-Pacific west to South Africa. Photo taken Australia.
© Andy Murch / OceanwideImages.com |
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Shark Ray (Rhina ancylostoma). Also known as Bowmouth Guitarfish and Mud Skate. The only member of the Sharkfin Guitarfish family (Rhyncobatidae) with a broadly rounded snout. Found throughout Indo-Pacific west to South Africa. Photo taken Australia.
© Andy Murch / OceanwideImages.com |
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White-spotted Guitarfish (Rhynchobatus djiddensis). Also known as Giant Guitarfish, Sandshark, Whitespot Ray, Whitespot Shovelnose Ray, Sharkfin Ray and Shovelnose Shark. Found on Continental Shelf and tropical and warm temperate waters of Australia.
© Andy Murch / OceanwideImages.com |
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White-spotted Guitarfish (Rhynchobatus djiddensis). Also known as Giant Guitarfish, Sandshark, Whitespot Ray, Whitespot Shovelnose Ray, Sharkfin Ray and Shovelnose Shark. Found on Continental Shelf and tropical and warm temperate waters of Australia.
© Andy Murch / OceanwideImages.com |
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Bottlenose Guitarfish aka Brown Guitarfish or Yellow Guitarfish (Rhinobatos schlegelii). Chiba Prefecture, Honshu, Japan, North Pacific Ocean.
© Andy Murch / OceanwideImages.com |
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Bottlenose Guitarfish aka Brown Guitarfish or Yellow Guitarfish (Rhinobatos schlegelii). Chiba Prefecture, Honshu, Japan, North Pacific Ocean.
© Andy Murch / OceanwideImages.com |
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Gorgona Guitarfish (Rhinobatos prahli) - with diver. Coiba, Panama, Eastern Pacific.
© Andy Murch / OceanwideImages.com |
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Gorgona Guitarfish (Rhinobatos prahli), Coiba, Panama, Eastern Pacific.
© Andy Murch / OceanwideImages.com |
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Gorgona Guitarfish (Rhinobatos prahli), Coiba, Panama, Eastern Pacific.
© Andy Murch / OceanwideImages.com |
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Gorgona Guitarfish (Rhinobatos prahli), Coiba, Panama, Eastern Pacific.
© Andy Murch / OceanwideImages.com |
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Gorgona Guitarfish (Rhinobatos prahli), Coiba, Panama, Eastern Pacific.
© Andy Murch / OceanwideImages.com |
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Gorgona Guitarfish (Rhinobatos prahli), Coiba, Panama, Eastern Pacific.
© Andy Murch / OceanwideImages.com |
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Bottlenose Guitarfish aka Brown Guitarfish or Yellow Guitarfish (Rhinobatos schlegelii). Chiba Prefecture, Honshu, Japan, North Pacific Ocean.
© Andy Murch / OceanwideImages.com |
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Halavi Guitarfish (Glaucostegus halavi) aka Halavi ray. A species of Giant Guitarfish, Glaucostegidae. Dubai, UAE, Persian Gulf.
© Andy Murch / OceanwideImages.com |
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Halavi Guitarfish (Glaucostegus halavi), aka Halavi ray. Dubai, UAE, Persian Gulf.
© Andy Murch / OceanwideImages.com |
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Spearnose Skate (Raja alba) leaping from the surface to escape a predating Cape Fur Seal. Seal Island, False Bay, South Africa
© Chris and Monique Fallows / OceanwideImages.com |
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Thornback Skate (Raja lemprieri). Also known as Denticulate Skate and Lemprieres Skate. Victoria, Australia
© Rudie Kuiter / OceanwideImages.com |
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Thornback Skate (Raja clavata). The Lizard Peninsula, Cornwall, United Kingdom
© Andy Murch / OceanwideImages.com |
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Big skate (Raja binoculata). Esqimalt Lagoon, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
© Andy Murch / OceanwideImages.com |
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Thornback Skate (Raja clavata). The Lizard Peninsula, Cornwall, United Kingdom
© Andy Murch / OceanwideImages.com |
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Little Skate (Leucoraja erinacea) Rockport, Cape Anne Peninsula, Massachusetts, USA
© Andy Murch / OceanwideImages.com |
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Little Skate (Leucoraja erinacea) Rockport, Cape Anne Peninsula, Massachusetts, USA
© Andy Murch / OceanwideImages.com |
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Egg cases of Big Skate (Raja binoculata). Georgia Strait, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
© Andy Murch / OceanwideImages.com |
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Little Skate (Leucoraja erinacea) Rockport, Cape Anne Peninsula, Massachusetts, USA
© Andy Murch / OceanwideImages.com |
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Little skate (Leucoraja ericnacea). Rhode Island, USA, North Atlantic
© Andy Murch / OceanwideImages.com |
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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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Smooth Skate (Malacoraja senta). Photo taken at Georges Bank, Rhode Island, North Atlantic Ocean.
© Andy Murch / OceanwideImages.com |
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Smooth Skate (Malacoraja senta). Photo taken at Georges Bank, Rhode Island, North Atlantic Ocean.
© Andy Murch / OceanwideImages.com |
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Smooth Skate (Malacoraja senta). Photo taken at Georges Bank, Rhode Island, North Atlantic Ocean.
© Andy Murch / OceanwideImages.com |
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Starry skate (Raja stellulata). Photo taken at Barkley Sound, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, North Pacific Ocean.
© Andy Murch / OceanwideImages.com |
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Starry skate (Raja stellulata). Photo taken at Barkley Sound, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, North Pacific Ocean.
© Andy Murch / OceanwideImages.com |
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Thorny skate (Amblyraja radiata). Photo taken at Georges Bank, Rhode Island, North Atlantic Ocean.
© Andy Murch / OceanwideImages.com |
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Thorny skate (Amblyraja radiata). Photo taken at Georges Bank, Rhode Island, North Atlantic Ocean.
© Andy Murch / OceanwideImages.com |
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Big skate (Raja binoculata). Photo taken at Albert Head Lagoon, Vancouver Island, Canada, North Pacific Ocean.
© Andy Murch / OceanwideImages.com |
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Big skate (Raja binoculata). Photo taken at Albert Head Lagoon, Vancouver Island, Canada, North Pacific Ocean.
© Andy Murch / OceanwideImages.com |
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Longnose Skate (Raja rhina). Photo taken at Deep Cove, Vancouver Island, Canada. North Pacific Ocean.
© Andy Murch / OceanwideImages.com |
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Longnose Skate (Raja rhina). Photo taken at Deep Cove, Vancouver Island, Canada. North Pacific Ocean.
© Andy Murch / OceanwideImages.com |
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Clearnose Skate (Raja eglanteria). A common skate species of the Eastern Atlantic ranging from New England to Florida.
© Andy Murch / OceanwideImages.com |
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Clearnose Skate (Raja eglanteria). A common skate species of the Eastern Atlantic ranging from New England to Florida.
© Andy Murch / OceanwideImages.com |
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