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Sharksucker (Echeneis naucrates)Observer
uwkwajDescription
Riding with Ostracion rhinorhinchus
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Standard Lucifer Prawn (Lucifer typus)Observer
konstakalDescription
Collected using plankton net
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Belzebub faxoniObserver
rafael4grampusDescription
Fotografía de Mike Maslanka
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Flatfishes (Suborder Pleuronectoidei)Observer
sea-kangarooDescription
Blackwater night dive. This one fairly near the surface.
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Antarctic Krill (Euphausia superba)Observer
jackson_chuDescription
Swimming motion of pleopods and thoracopods. Can also see the heart beating through the transparent carapace.
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Ray-finned Fishes (Class Actinopterygii)Observer
glemannDescription
Dead on the beach
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Dusky Anchovy (Anchoa lyolepis)Observer
fishbruhDescription
Confirmed via the length of the pseudobranch inside the opercular flap and the downward facing snout. Striped Anchovy have a much shorter structure inside the opercular flap. Quite the find
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Palamedes Swallowtail (Papilio palamedes)Observer
mudgiecrabshabistanDescription
2nd instar I think
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Dolly Varden Crab (Hepatus epheliticus)Observer
turkboyDescription
Found in sand at beach
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Filefishes (Family Monacanthidae)Observer
crystal425Description
Several swimming slowly around together near the surface.
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Brown Comb Jelly (Beroe ovata)Observer
travisthejellyfishDescription
A single individual found. Collected to photograph and started to spawn several hundred eggs
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Nemopsis bacheiObserver
travisthejellyfishDescription
Four total specimens were observed. Mature spawning male and females were present.
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Blueband Hermit Crab (Pagurus samuelis)Observer
sea-kangarooDescription
UV light and regular light.
Tidepooling.
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Catoptes binodisObserver
christopherstephensDescription
minimal fluorescence, but the eyes glow blue.
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Seaside Dragonlet (Erythrodiplax berenice)Observer
schoenitzDescription
with 365 nm UV light
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Garden Snail (Cornu aspersum)Observer
christopherstephensDescription
heavy yellow fluorescence
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Wood Stork (Mycteria americana)Observer
woodduckyDescription
Close-up of head
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Yellow-bellied Slider (Trachemys scripta ssp. scripta)Observer
dsnellDescription
Great find by @squidpastry and ID by @brittanymmason
Still there over 2 years after original sighting!
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Escolar (Lepidocybium flavobrunneum)Observer
gmucientesDescription
Scientific tagging survey
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Blacktip Reef Shark (Carcharhinus melanopterus)Observer
coralreefdreamsDescription
Stingray Blacktip snorkeling area south of Motu Piti Aau, Bora Bora
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Blacktip Reef Shark (Carcharhinus melanopterus)Observer
coralreefdreamsDescription
Stingray Blacktip snorkeling area south of Motu Piti Aau, Bora Bora
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Longfin Inshore Squid (Doryteuthis pealeii)Observer
serotoninDescription
Still alive! Very hard to catch by hand, so sorry the photos aren’t too clear.
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Atlantic Needlefish (Strongylura marina)Observer
larvalfishguyDescription
16.5 millimeters long. Yes, they do reproduce in Florida’s freshwater lakes.
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Crocodile Needlefish (Tylosurus crocodilus)Observer
jozefkrichardsPlace
Missing Location
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Crocodile Needlefish (Tylosurus crocodilus)Observer
carol_kwokPlace
Missing Location
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Crocodile Needlefish (Tylosurus crocodilus)Observer
wayneosbornDescription
Pam Osborn free diving image.
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Butterfly Mackerel (Gasterochisma melampus)Observer
benknightDescription
Observation and photos shared with permission of original observer Flynn Naudé.
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Hook-nosed Sole (Heteromycteris hartzfeldii)Observer
anudibranchmomDescription
House Reef, Salaya Beach Houses
DM: Dave Rabanes
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Oarfish (Regalecus glesne)Observer
gary685Description
Washed up on the beach at the Northern end of Moreton Island.
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Yellow Boxfish (Ostracion cubicum)Observer
okbirdmanDescription
A perfect day for bananafish
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Sand Perch (Diplectrum formosum)Observer
rhodonanDescription
Photo by John C. Ogden, August 13, 1976
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Lancer Stargazer (Kathetostoma albigutta)Observer
cefuchsDescription
Pulled up during research vessel's trawls. More accurate data available later, but I'm mostly uoading for a. My reference and b. The ID algorithim
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Genus ParalichthysObserver
brushfreemanDescription
bed after tide moved out. photo by Petra Hockey
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Pacific Footballfish (Himantolophus sagamius)Observer
modernisticsDescription
Found washed up on an Oceanside beach.
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Longnose Lancetfish (Alepisaurus ferox)Observer
nzwideDescription
Posting courtesy of Wade Doak
