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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, Corynactis californica, Megabalanus californicus 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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