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Ocean sunfish and freediving photographer, open ocean.
Image ID: 03325
Species: Ocean sunfish, Mola mola
Location: San Diego, California, USA | King angelfish in the Sea of Cortez, Mexico.
Image ID: 27470
Species: King angelfish, Holacanthus passer
Location: Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico | Juvenile garibaldi in motion.
Image ID: 02343
Species: Garibaldi, Hypsypops rubicundus
Location: Catalina Island, California, USA |
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Manta ray and remora.
Image ID: 02456
Species: Giant manta ray, Manta birostris, Remora
Location: San Benedicto Island (Islas Revillagigedos), Baja California, Mexico | Pacific double-saddle butterflyfish.
Image ID: 11817
Species: Pacific double-saddle butterflyfish, Chaetodon ulietensis | Harlequin tuskfish.
Image ID: 12885
Species: Harlequin tuskfish, Choerodon fasciatus |
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King angelfish.
Image ID: 12889
Species: King angelfish, Holacanthus passer | King angelfish.
Image ID: 12891
Species: King angelfish, Holacanthus passer | Juvenile Clarion angelfish.
Image ID: 12901
Species: Clarion angelfish, Holacanthus clarionensis |
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Freckled porcupinefish.
Image ID: 12909
Species: Freckled porcupinefish, Diodon holocanthus | Purple-striped jelly.
Image ID: 14061
Species: Purple-striped jellyfish, Chrysaora colorata | Sea nettles.
Image ID: 14081
Species: Sea nettles, Chrysaora fuscescens |
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Sea nettles.
Image ID: 14083
Species: Sea nettles, Chrysaora fuscescens | Sea nettles.
Image ID: 14084
Species: Sea nettles, Chrysaora fuscescens | Sea nettles.
Image ID: 14087
Species: Sea nettles, Chrysaora fuscescens |
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Purple-striped jelly.
Image ID: 14923
Species: Purple-striped jellyfish, Chrysaora colorata | Sea nettles.
Image ID: 14928
Species: Sea nettles, Chrysaora fuscescens | A small (2 inch) sanddab is well-camouflaged amidst the grains of sand that surround it.
Image ID: 14936
Species: Sanddabs, Citharichthys |
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California golden gorgonian and small juvenile sheephead fishes on rocky reef, below kelp forest, underwater. The golden gorgonian is a filter-feeding temperate colonial species that lives on the rocky bottom at depths between 50 to 200 feet deep. Each individual polyp is a distinct animal, together they secrete calcium that forms the structure of the colony. Gorgonians are oriented at right angles to prevailing water currents to capture plankton drifting by.
Image ID: 23421
Species: California golden gorgonian, Muricea californica, Semicossyphus pulcher
Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA | Purple-striped jellyfish.
Image ID: 01034
Species: Purple-striped jellyfish, Chrysaora colorata
Location: San Diego, California, USA | Ocean sunfish with mouth for slurping zooplankton, open ocean.
Image ID: 03319
Species: Ocean sunfish, Mola mola
Location: San Diego, California, USA |
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Ocean sunfish, open ocean.
Image ID: 03322
Species: Ocean sunfish, Mola mola
Location: San Diego, California, USA | Coral hawkfish.
Image ID: 02432
Species: Coral hawkfish, Cirrhitichthys oxycephalus
Location: Wolf Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador | Jellyfish.
Image ID: 02489
Species: Purple-striped jellyfish, Chrysaora colorata
Location: San Diego, California, USA |
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Juvenile garibaldi and purple urchins, Coronado Islands.
Image ID: 02513
Species: Garibaldi, Hypsypops rubicundus, Strongylocentrotus purpuratus
Location: Coronado Islands (Islas Coronado), Baja California, Mexico | Garibaldi with a tiny bit of juvenile blue coloration.
Image ID: 02514
Species: Garibaldi, Hypsypops rubicundus
Location: California, USA | Purple-striped jellyfish.
Image ID: 03778
Species: Purple-striped jellyfish, Chrysaora colorata
Location: San Diego, California, USA |
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Mexican hogfish, adult male showing fleshy bump on head, Revilligigedos.
Image ID: 05768
Species: Mexican hogfish, Bodianus diplotaenia | Pacific manta ray with remora.
Image ID: 06245
Species: Giant manta ray, Manta birostris, Remora
Location: San Benedicto Island (Islas Revillagigedos), Baja California, Mexico | Island kelpfish.
Image ID: 01025
Species: Island kelpfish, Alloclinus holderi
Location: Coronado Islands (Islas Coronado), Baja California, Mexico |