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Grey Nurse Shark (Carcharias taurus). Known as Grey Nurse Shark in Australia, Sand Tiger Shark in USA and Ragged-tooth Shark in South Africa. Photo taken at De Hoop Nature Reserve, South Africa. Vulnerable on IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
© Chris & Monique Fallows / OceanwideImages.com |
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Grey Nurse Shark (Carcharias taurus). Known as Grey Nurse Shark in Australia, Sand Tiger Shark in USA and Ragged-tooth Shark in South Africa. Photo taken at De Hoop Nature Reserve, South Africa. Vulnerable on IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
© Chris & Monique Fallows / OceanwideImages.com |
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Deformed Grey Nurse Shark (Carcharias taurus). It is thought that high metal content causes deformation in fish. Also known as Sand Tiger Shark and Spotted Ragged-tooth Shark. South West Rocks, NSW, Australia. Threatened species, now protected.
© Andy Murch / OceanwideImages.com |
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Sand Tiger Shark (Carcharias taurus). 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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Diver with Sand Tiger Shark (Carcharias taurus). Also known as Ragged-tooth Shark in South Africa and Grey Nurse Shark in Australia. Photo taken on Carib Sea shipwreck off Morehead City, North Carolina, USA. Classified Vulnerable on IUCN Red List.
© Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com |
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Sand Tiger Shark (Carcharias taurus). 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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Sand Tiger Shark (Carcharias taurus). Also known as Ragged-tooth Shark in South Africa and Grey Nurse Shark in Australia. Photo taken on Carib Sea shipwreck off Morehead City, North Carolina, USA. Vulnerable on IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
© Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com |
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Scalloped Hammerhead Shark (Sphyrna lewini). Also known as Kidney-headed Shark. Found in tropical and warm temperate seas around the world. Photo taken at Solitary Islands, Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Smooth Hammerhead Shark (Sphyrna zygaena). Southern Australia
© Rudie Kuiter / OceanwideImages.com |
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Smooth Hammerhead Shark (Sphyrna zygaena). Southern Australia
© Rudie Kuiter / OceanwideImages.com |
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Smooth Hammerhead Shark (Sphyrna zygaena). Southern Australia
© Rudie Kuiter / OceanwideImages.com |
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Smooth Hammerhead Shark (Sphyrna zygaena), killed by fisherman at the Port Hughes Jetty, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia.
© Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com |
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Smooth Hammerhead Shark (Sphyrna zygaena), killed by fisherman at the Port Hughes Jetty, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia.
© Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com |
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Red Handfish (Thymichthys politus). Endemic to the shallow estuaries of Tasmania, Australia. Photo taken on the Tasman Peninsula. Classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Red Handfish (Thymichthys politus). Endemic to the shallow estuaries of Tasmania, Australia. Photo taken on the Tasman Peninsula. Classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Red Handfish (Thymichthys politus). Endemic to the shallow estuaries of Tasmania, Australia. Photo taken on the Tasman Peninsula. Classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Red Handfish (Thymichthys politus). Endemic to the shallow estuaries of Tasmania, Australia. Photo taken on the Tasman Peninsula. Classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Red Handfish (Thymichthys politus). Endemic to the shallow estuaries of Tasmania, Australia. Photo taken on the Tasman Peninsula. Classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Red Handfish (Thymichthys politus). Endemic to the shallow estuaries of Tasmania, Australia. Photo taken on the Tasman Peninsula. Classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Red Handfish (Thymichthys politus). Endemic to the shallow estuaries of Tasmania, Australia. Photo taken on the Tasman Peninsula. Classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Red Handfish (Thymichthys politus). Endemic to the shallow estuaries of Tasmania, Australia. Photo taken on the Tasman Peninsula. Classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Red Handfish (Thymichthys politus). Endemic to the shallow estuaries of Tasmania, Australia. Photo taken on the Tasman Peninsula. Classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Red Handfish (Thymichthys politus). Endemic to the shallow estuaries of Tasmania, Australia. Photo taken on the Tasman Peninsula. Classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Spotted Handfish (Brachionichthys hirsutus). Endemic to the shallow estuaries of Tasmania, Australia. Photo taken on the Tasman Peninsula. Classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List. Endemic to the shallow estuaries of Tasmania, Australia. P
© Bill Boyle / OceanwideImages.com |
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Spotted Handfish (Brachionichthys hirsutus). Endemic to the shallow estuaries of Tasmania, Australia. Photo taken on the Tasman Peninsula. Classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List. Endemic to the shallow estuaries of Tasmania, Australia. P
© Bill Boyle / 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.
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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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Lord Howe Island Woodhen (Gallirallus sylvestris). Lord Howe Island, New South Wales, Australia. Endangered and Protected species.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Eastern Spinebill (Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris) - male feeding on callistemon flower nectar. Found in forests, woodlands and heaths east of the Great Dividing Range from Cooktown in far North Queensland to Flinders Ranges in South Australia, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Eastern Spinebill (Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris) - male. Found in forests, woodlands and heaths east of the Great Dividing Range from Cooktown in far Northern Queensland to the Flinders Ranges in South Australia, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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