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Silvertip Shark (Carcharhinus albimarginatus). French Polynesia. Found throughout tropical Indo-Pacific.
© Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com |
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Silvertip Shark (Carcharhinus albimarginatus) with Grey Reef Shark (Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos). French Polynesia. Found throughout tropical Indo-Pacific.
© Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com |
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Silvertip Shark (Carcharhinus albimarginatus) with Big-eye Jacks (Caranx sexfasciatus). French Polynesia. Found throughout tropical Indo-Pacific.
© Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com |
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Silvertip Shark (Carcharhinus albimarginatus) with Big-eye Jacks (Caranx sexfasciatus). French Polynesia. Found throughout tropical Indo-Pacific.
© Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com |
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Silvertip Shark (Carcharhinus albimarginatus). French Polynesia. Found throughout tropical Indo-Pacific.
© Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com |
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Cystonect Siphonophore (Rhizophysa sp.), showing stinging cells trailing from the bell. Photo taken off Hawaii, Pacific Ocean, USA
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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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
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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Diphyid Siphonophore (Prya dubia) feeding with tentacles extended in order to catch plankton. Siphonophores are colonial animals, composed of many physiologically integrated zooids. Photo taken off Hawaii, Pacific Ocean, USA
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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Bigeye Sixgill Shark (Hexanchus nakamurai) - (formerly Hexanchus vitulus). Sparsely found in tropical and warm temperate waters of the western Pacific, Atlantic and Indian Oceans. Photo taken at Cape Eleuthera, Bahamas, Atlantic Ocean.
© Andy Murch / OceanwideImages.com |
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Bigeye Sixgill Shark (Hexanchus nakamurai) - (formerly Hexanchus vitulus). Sparsely found in tropical and warm temperate waters of the western Pacific, Atlantic and Indian Oceans. Photo taken at Cape Eleuthera, Bahamas, Atlantic Ocean.
© Andy Murch / OceanwideImages.com |
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Bigeye Sixgill Shark (Hexanchus nakamurai) - (formerly Hexanchus vitulus). Sparsely found in tropical and warm temperate waters of the western Pacific, Atlantic and Indian Oceans. Photo taken at Cape Eleuthera, Bahamas, Atlantic Ocean.
© 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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Melbourne Skate (Raja whitleyi). Also known as Great Skate, Rough Skate and Whitleys Skate. Southern 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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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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Shorttail Fanskate (Sympterygia brevicaudata). Photo taken at Las Tacas, Coquimbo, Central Chile, Eastern South Pacific.
© Andy Murch / OceanwideImages.com |
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Shorttail Fanskate (Sympterygia brevicaudata). Photo taken at Las Tacas, Coquimbo, Central Chile, Eastern South Pacific.
© Andy Murch / OceanwideImages.com |
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Winter Skate (Raja ocellata). Photo taken at Fort Adams, Newport, Rhode Island, USA, North Atlantic Ocean.
© Andy Murch / OceanwideImages.com |
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Winter Skate (Raja ocellata). Photo taken at Fort Adams, Newport, Rhode Island, USA, North Atlantic Ocean.
© Andy Murch / OceanwideImages.com |
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Thornback Skate (Raja clavata), juvenile beside an unhatched egg casing of the same species. Also known as Thornback Ray Found in Europe, Atlantic coast of Africa and South Africa. Photo taken Scotland, UK.
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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Underside of a juvenile Thornback Ray (Raja clavata). Also known as Thornback Skate. Found in Europe, Atlantic coast of Africa and South Africa. Photo taken Scotland, UK.
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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Pink-tongued Skink (Cyclodomorphus gerrardii). Found in various habitats on coastal and mountain ranges from Blue Mountains, NSW, to Cairns, Qld. Photo taken at Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Endemic Christmas Island Whip-tail or Forest Skink (Emoia nativitatis). Captive specimen. Only animal known to exist. Photo taken Sept, 2013, at Christmas Island reptile breeding facility, Indian Ocean, Australia. Critically Endangered IUCN Red List.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Endemic Christmas Island Whip-tail or Forest Skink (Emoia nativitatis). Captive specimen. Only animal known to exist. Photo taken Sept, 2013, at Christmas Island reptile breeding facility, Indian Ocean, Australia. Critically Endangered IUCN Red List.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Endemic Christmas Island Whip-tail or Forest Skink (Emoia nativitatis). Captive specimen. Only animal known to exist. Photo taken Sept, 2013, at Christmas Island reptile breeding facility, Indian Ocean, Australia. Critically Endangered IUCN Red List.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Endemic Christmas Island Blue-tailed Skink (Cryptoblepharus egeriae). Photo taken at Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, Australia.
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