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Sand Tiger Shark (Carcharias taurus), amongst baitfish. Also known as Ragged-tooth Shark in South Africa and Grey Nurse Shark in Australia. Photo taken off North Carolina, USA. Classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
© Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com |
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Grey Nurse Shark (Carcharias taurus). Also known as Sand Tiger Shark and Spotted Ragged-tooth Shark. Fish Rock, South West Rocks, New South Wales, Australia. Classified Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List. Protected species in Australia.
© Justin Gilligan / OceanwideImages.com |
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Grey Nurse Shark (Carcharias taurus). Also known as Sand Tiger Shark and Spotted Ragged-tooth Shark, cruising through a school of Black-tipped Bullseye (Pempheris affinis). Fish Rock, South West Rocks, New South Wales, Australia
© Justin Gilligan / OceanwideImages.com |
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Grey Nurse Shark (Carcharias taurus). Also known as Sand Tiger Shark and Spotted Ragged-tooth Shark. Fish Rock, South West Rocks, New South Wales, Australia. Classified Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List. Protected species in Australia.
© Justin Gilligan / OceanwideImages.com |
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Grey Nurse Shark (Carcharias taurus). Also known as Sand Tiger Shark and Spotted Ragged-tooth Shark. Fish Rock, South West Rocks, New South Wales, Australia. Classified Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List. Protected species in Australia.
© Justin Gilligan / OceanwideImages.com |
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Shark Ray (Rhina ancylostoma). Also known as Bowmouth Guitarfish and Mud Skate (aquarium photo). New South Wales, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Shark Ray (Rhina ancylostoma). Also known as Bowmouth Guitarfish and Mud Skate (aquarium photo). New South Wales, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Shark Ray (Rhina ancylostoma). Also known as Bowmouth Guitarfish and Mud Skate (aquarium photo). New South Wales, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Banded Guitarfish (Zapteryx exasperata). Found in the eastern Pacific, where is it reported from central California south to Peru. Photo taken Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico.
© Andy Murch / OceanwideImages.com |
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Banded Guitarfish (Zapteryx exasperata). Found in the eastern Pacific, where is it reported from central California south to Peru. Photo taken Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico.
© Andy Murch / OceanwideImages.com |
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Banded Guitarfish (Zapteryx exasperata). Found in the eastern Pacific, where is it reported from central California south to Peru. Photo taken Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico.
© Andy Murch / OceanwideImages.com |
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Banded Guitarfish (Zapteryx exasperata). Found in the eastern Pacific, where is it reported from central California south to Peru. Photo taken Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico.
© 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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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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Lettuce Coral (Turbinaria sp.). Photo was taken at the Fijian Islands.
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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Split scene showing a tropical coral reef and a live-aboard dive vessel. Photo taken at the Fijian Islands.
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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Shallow coral reef scene. Photo taken at the Fijian Islands.
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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Snorkel Diver exploring a tropical coral reef at Kadavu Island, Fijian Islands.
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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Sunshine Coral (Tubastraea sp.), showing polyp detail. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia, usually living in the shade of caves and on vertical walls.
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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Coral (Tubastraea micrantha) - showing polyp detail. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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Hawksbill Sea Turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata). Found in tropical and warm temperate seas worldwide. Rare. Classified Critically Endangered species on the IUCN Red List. Photo taken at Solitary Islands, Coffs Harbour, NSW, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Hawksbill Sea Turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata). Found in tropical and warm temperate seas worldwide. Rare. Classified Critically Endangered species on the IUCN Red List. Photo taken at Solitary Islands, Coffs Harbour, NSW, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Horn Shark (Heterodontus francisci). Found on the continental shelf of the eastern Pacific Ocean, occurring off the coasts of California and Baja California from Monterey Bay southward, and in the Gulf of California. Phototaken La Jolla Cove, California,
© Andy Murch / OceanwideImages.com |
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Mexican Horn Shark Egg Case (Heterodontus mexicanus). Photo taken at Isla Coronado, Loreto, Baja, Sea of Cortez, Eastern Pacific.
© Andy Murch / OceanwideImages.com |
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Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae), on surface showing dorsal fin and arched back. Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia. Classified as Vulnerable on the 2000 IUCN Red List.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae), showing tail fluke on surface. Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia. Classified as Vulnerable on the 2000 IUCN Red List.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae), showing tail fluke on surface. Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia. Classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae), showing tail fluke on surface. Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia. Classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae), showing tail fluke on surface. Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia. Classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae), on surface. Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia. Classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae), on surface. Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia. Classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae), on surface. Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia. Classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae), showing tail fluke on surface. Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia. Classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae), on surface. Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia. Classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae), fin slapping on the surface. Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia. Classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae), tail slapping on surface. Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia. Classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) underwater. Found throughout the world's oceans in both tropical & polar areas, depending on the season. Photo taken Hawaii. Classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) underwater. Found throughout the world's oceans in both tropical & polar areas, depending on the season. Photo taken Hawaii. Classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) underwater. Found throughout the world's oceans in both tropical & polar areas, depending on the season. Photo taken Hawaii. Classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) showing tail fluke underwater. Found throughout the world's oceans in both tropical & polar areas, depending on the season. Photo taken Hawaii. Classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) underwater. Found throughout the world's oceans in both tropical & polar areas, depending on the season. Photo taken Hawaii. Classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) underwater. Found throughout the world's oceans in both tropical & polar areas, depending on the season. Photo taken Hawaii. Classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) underwater. Found throughout the world's oceans in both tropical & polar areas, depending on the season. Photo taken Hawaii. Classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) underwater. Found throughout the world's oceans in both tropical & polar areas, depending on the season. Photo taken Hawaii. Classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) showing tail fluke underwater. Found throughout the world's oceans in both tropical & polar areas, depending on the season. Photo taken Hawaii. Classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) underwater. Found throughout the world's oceans in both tropical & polar areas, depending on the season. Photo taken Hawaii. Classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) underwater. Found throughout the world's oceans in both tropical & polar areas, depending on the season. Photo taken Hawaii. Classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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