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A neonate gray whale calf, born just hours before, still exhbiting embryonic folds in the skin along its side. This baby gray whale was born in the cold waters of Big Sur, far to the north of the Mexican lagoons of Baja California where most gray whale births take place.
Image ID: 01135
Species: Gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus
Location: Monterey, California, USA | California sea lion, with monofiliment cut.
Image ID: 00958
Species: California sea lion, Zalophus californianus
Location: Monterey, California, USA | Crevice rockfish. Seldom seen, kelpfish hover among the seaweeds in wave swept tidepools and reefs. These secretive fish rapidly change color to match watever background they are near. This kelpfish has assumed the coloration of the blade of kelp it is resting on.
Image ID: 13711
Species: Crevice rockfish, Gibbonsia montereyensis
Location: Monterey, California, USA |
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California sea lion, adult male, profile of head showing long whiskers and prominent sagittal crest (cranial crest bone), hauled out on rocks to rest, early morning sunrise light, Monterey breakwater rocks.
Image ID: 21586
Species: California sea lion, Zalophus californianus
Location: Monterey, California, USA | California sea lions.
Image ID: 00957
Species: California sea lion, Zalophus californianus
Location: Monterey, California, USA | California sea lion.
Image ID: 01924
Species: California sea lion, Zalophus californianus
Location: Monterey, California, USA |
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California sea lion, thermoregulating.
Image ID: 01956
Species: California sea lion, Zalophus californianus
Location: Monterey, California, USA | California sea lion haulout, juveniles and adult male.
Image ID: 02913
Species: California sea lion, Zalophus californianus
Location: Monterey, California, USA | California sea lion colony.
Image ID: 03226
Species: California sea lion, Zalophus californianus
Location: Monterey, California, USA |
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Proliferating anemone with attached juveniles, growing on kelp stipe.
Image ID: 00573
Species: Proliferating anemone, Epiactis prolifera
Location: Monterey, California, USA | Nudibranch.
Image ID: 00639
Species: Yellow-marginate nudibranch, Cadlina luteomarginata
Location: Monterey, California, USA | Nudibranch on calcareous coralline algae.
Image ID: 01064
Species: Opalescent nudibranch, Hermissenda crassicornis
Location: Monterey, California, USA |
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Gray whale, neonate calf with embryonic folds visible.
Image ID: 01129
Species: Gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus
Location: Monterey, California, USA | Gray whale.
Image ID: 01190
Species: Gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus
Location: Monterey, California, USA | Nudibranch on calcareous coralline algae.
Image ID: 05285
Species: Opalescent nudibranch, Hermissenda crassicornis
Location: Monterey, California, USA |
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Orange cup coral.
Image ID: 02559
Species: Orange cup coral, Balanophyllia elegans
Location: Monterey, California, USA | California sea lion, adult male, profile of head showing long whiskers and prominent sagittal crest (cranial crest bone), hauled out on rocks to rest, early morning sunrise light, Monterey breakwater rocks.
Image ID: 21566
Species: California sea lion, Zalophus californianus
Location: Monterey, California, USA | Visitors enjoy viewing sea nettle jellyfish at the Monterey Bay Aquarium.
Image ID: 21539
Species: Sea nettles, Chrysaora fuscescens
Location: Monterey, California, USA |
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California sea lion, adult male, hauled out on rocks to rest, early morning sunrise light, Monterey breakwater rocks.
Image ID: 21557
Species: California sea lion, Zalophus californianus
Location: Monterey, California, USA | California sea lion, adult male, hauled out on rocks to rest, early morning sunrise light, Monterey breakwater rocks.
Image ID: 21558
Species: California sea lion, Zalophus californianus
Location: Monterey, California, USA | California sea lion, adult male, hauled out on rocks to rest, early morning sunrise light, Monterey breakwater rocks.
Image ID: 21559
Species: California sea lion, Zalophus californianus
Location: Monterey, California, USA |
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California sea lion, adult male, hauled out on rocks to rest, early morning sunrise light, Monterey breakwater rocks.
Image ID: 21565
Species: California sea lion, Zalophus californianus
Location: Monterey, California, USA | California sea lion, adult male, profile of head showing long whiskers and prominent sagittal crest (cranial crest bone), hauled out on rocks to rest, early morning sunrise light, Monterey breakwater rocks.
Image ID: 21582
Species: California sea lion, Zalophus californianus
Location: Monterey, California, USA | Gray whale.
Image ID: 01178
Species: Gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus
Location: Monterey, California, USA |
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Gray whale.
Image ID: 01188
Species: Gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus
Location: Monterey, California, USA | Acorn barnacle feeding amidst strawberry anemones, Monterey Peninsula.
Image ID: 07023
Species: Acorn barnacle, Acorn Barnacle, Megabalanus californicus, Corynactis californica
Location: Monterey, California, USA | California sea lion, adult male, hauled out on rocks to rest, early morning sunrise light, Monterey breakwater rocks.
Image ID: 21571
Species: California sea lion, Zalophus californianus
Location: Monterey, California, USA |
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Anemone on kelp.
Image ID: 00574
Location: Monterey, California, USA | Crevice rockfish. Seldom seen, kelpfish hover among the seaweeds in wave swept tidepools and reefs. These secretive fish rapidly change color to match watever background they are near. This kelpfish has assumed the coloration of the blade of kelp it is resting on.
Image ID: 13710
Species: Crevice rockfish, Gibbonsia montereyensis
Location: Monterey, California, USA | Egret.
Image ID: 14919
Location: Monterey, California, USA |
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