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A whale shark swims through the open ocean in the Galapagos Islands. The whale shark is the largest shark on Earth, but is harmless eating plankton and small fish.
Image ID: 01520
Species: Whale shark, Rhincodon typus
Location: Darwin Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador | Galapagos shark swims over a reef in the Galapagos Islands, with schooling fish in the distance.
Image ID: 16240
Species: Galapagos shark, Carcharhinus galapagensis
Location: Wolf Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador | Ocean sunfish recruiting fish near drift kelp to clean parasites, open ocean, Baja California.
Image ID: 03267
Species: Ocean sunfish, Mola mola |
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A SCUBA diver swimming over a rocky reef covered with kelp, watches a brightly colored orange garibaldi fish.
Image ID: 01113
Species: Garibaldi, Hypsypops rubicundus
Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA | Bigeye trevally jacks, motion blur, schooling.
Image ID: 16347
Species: Bigeye jack, Caranx sexfasciatus
Location: Darwin Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador | Hammerhead sharks swim in a school underwater at Wolf Island in the Galapagos archipelago. The hammerheads eyes and other sensor organs are placed far apart on its wide head to give the shark greater ability to sense the location of prey.
Image ID: 16271
Species: Scalloped hammerhead shark, Sphyrna lewini
Location: Wolf Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador |
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Galapagos sea lion playing with puffer fish.
Image ID: 02252
Species: Galapagos sea lion, Zalophus californianus wollebacki, Zalophus californianus wollebaeki
Location: Cousins, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador | The bright orange garibaldi fish, California's state marine fish, is also clownlike in appearance.
Image ID: 02416
Species: Garibaldi, Hypsypops rubicundus
Location: California, USA | Ocean sunfish and freediving photographer, open ocean.
Image ID: 03325
Species: Ocean sunfish, Mola mola
Location: San Diego, California, USA |
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Ocean sunfish schooling, open ocean near San Diego.
Image ID: 03562
Species: Ocean sunfish, Mola mola
Location: San Diego, California, USA | Ocean sunfish schooling near drift kelp, soliciting cleaner fishes, open ocean, Baja California.
Image ID: 06304
Species: Ocean sunfish, Mola mola | North Pacific Yellowtail brushing against blue shark.
Image ID: 01000
Species: North Pacific Yellowtail, Seriola lalandi, Prionace glauca
Location: San Diego, California, USA |
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Mangrove snapper schooling in the clear waters of Crystal River, with trees in the background.
Image ID: 02688
Species: Mangrove snapper, Lutjanus griseus
Location: Three Sisters Springs, Crystal River, Florida, USA | Pacific manta ray with remora and Clarion angelfish.
Image ID: 06238
Species: Giant manta ray, Manta birostris, Remora, Holacanthus clarionensis
Location: San Benedicto Island (Islas Revillagigedos), Baja California, Mexico | King angelfish in the Sea of Cortez, Mexico.
Image ID: 27470
Species: King angelfish, Holacanthus passer
Location: Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico |
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California sea lion injured by fishing line.
Image ID: 27419
Species: California sea lion, Zalophus californianus
Location: Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico | Freediver photographing pelagic gelatinous zooplankton, adrift in the open ocean.
Image ID: 26817
Species: Fried-egg jellyfish, Phacellophora camtschatica
Location: San Diego, California, USA | Freediving photographer in a cloud of salps, gelatinous zooplankton that drifts with open ocean currents.
Image ID: 27012
Location: San Diego, California, USA |
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Ocean sunfish and photographer, open ocean.
Image ID: 03324
Species: Ocean sunfish, Mola mola
Location: San Diego, California, USA | Ocean sunfish and freediving photographer, open ocean.
Image ID: 03491
Species: Ocean sunfish, Mola mola
Location: San Diego, California, USA | Ocean sunfish referencing drift kelp, open ocean near San Diego.
Image ID: 03563
Species: Ocean sunfish, Mola mola
Location: San Diego, California, USA |
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Copperband butterflyfish.
Image ID: 10996
Species: Copperband butterflyfish, Chelmon rostratus | Lions cove yellow labido.
Image ID: 11004
Species: Lions' cove yellow labido, Labidochromis | Arabian surgeonfish.
Image ID: 11762
Species: Arabian surgeonfish, Acanthurus sohal |
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Blue chromis.
Image ID: 11775
Species: Blue chromis, Chromis cyanea | Flameback angelfish.
Image ID: 11791
Species: Flameback angelfish, Centropyge aurantonotus | Pacific double-saddle butterflyfish.
Image ID: 11817
Species: Pacific double-saddle butterflyfish, Chaetodon ulietensis |
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Royal gramma basslet.
Image ID: 11829
Species: Royal gramma basslet, Gramma loreto | Sapphire devil (blue damselfish), female/juvenile coloration.
Image ID: 11834
Species: Sapphire devil, Chrysiptera cyanea | Harlequin tuskfish.
Image ID: 12885
Species: Harlequin tuskfish, Choerodon fasciatus |