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 Pantropical Spotted Dolphin species: Stenella attenuata location: Off the west coast of Baja California Mexico Varies widely in size and coloration throughout its range. In adults one of its distinguishing characteristics is its spots. Pantropical Spotted Dolphin Images. range: Found worldwide in temperate and tropical oceans. photo-id: DPS-002 request pricing   |  Pantropical Spotted Dolphin species: Stenella attenuata location: Off the west coast of Baja California Mexico Prior to the 1980?s and improved capture methods by Purse Seiners fishing for tuna this species was declining rapidly in the eastern Pacific. Pantropical Spotted Dolphin Photos. range: Found worldwide in temperate and tropical oceans. photo-id: DPS-003 request pricing |  Pantropical Spotted Dolphin species: Stenella attenuata location: Off the west coast of Baja California Mexico Varies widely in size and coloration throughout its range. In adults one of its distinguishing characteristics is its spots. Pantropical Spotted Dolphin Pictures. range: Found worldwide in temperate and tropical oceans. photo-id: DPS-005 request pricing |  Pantropical Spotted Dolphin species: Stenella attenuata location: Off the west coast of Baja California Mexico Feeding on a Sardine baitball. Photos of Pantropical Spotted Dolphin. range: Found worldwide in temperate and tropical oceans. photo-id: DPS-008 request pricing |
 Pantropical Spotted Dolphin species: Stenella attenuata location: Off the west coast of Baja California Mexico Prior to the 1980?s and improved capture methods by Purse Seiners fishing for tuna this species was declining rapidly in the eastern Pacific. Pictures of Pantropical Spotted Dolphin. range: Found worldwide in temperate and tropical oceans. photo-id: DPS-012 request pricing |  Common Dolphin Underwater species: Delphinus delphis location: Off the Coast of Southern California Abundant dolphin often found in large groups. Habitat is offshore waters along continental shelfs. Images of Common Dolphin Underwater. range: Newfoundland to South America - British Columbia to equator photo-id: DOC-021 request pricing |  Great White Shark Underwater species: Carcharodon carcharias location: Guadalupe Island Mexico Great White with Scad Mackerel in background. Great White Shark Underwater Photography. range: Found worldwide primarily in temperate and subtropical waters photo-id: SGW-038 request pricing |  Great White Shark Underwater species: Carcharodon carcharias location: Guadalupe Island Mexico Great White Sharks can reach nineteen feet or more in length. They begin life feeding on fish. Once reaching a size of about 9 to 10 feet they begin to prey on marine mammals such as seals and sea lions. White Sharks are an incredibly successful species. Examples of their fossil vertebrae have been dated to the Pliocene Age or about one-million years old. Great White Shark Underwater Images. range: Found worldwide primarily in temperate and subtropical waters photo-id: SGW-042 request pricing |
 Blue Shark Underwater species: Prionace glauca location: Off the coast of Southern California Blue Shark Underwater Photos. range: Found worldwide. In eastern Pacific from Alaska to Chile photo-id: SHB-053 request pricing |  Blue Shark Underwater species: Prionace glauca location: Off the coast of Southern California This animal was a pleasant surprise. A female at a length of well over seven feet. It had been more than a couple seasons since I had seen a mature Blue Shark of this size. Blue Shark Underwater Pictures. range: Found worldwide. In eastern Pacific from Alaska to Chile photo-id: SHB-056 request pricing |  Shortfin Mako Shark Underwater species: Isurus oxyrinchus location: Off the coast of Southern California Makos are a highly migratory shark species. Photos of Shortfin Mako Shark Underwater. range: Found worldwide in warm and temperate oceans. photo-id: SHM-021 request pricing |  Shortfin Mako Shark Underwater species: Isurus oxyrinchus location: Off the coast of Southern California One of two species in the mackerel shark family, Isuridae. Pictures of Shortfin Mako Shark Underwater. range: Found worldwide in warm and temperate oceans. photo-id: SHM-033 request pricing |
 Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin species: Tursiops truncatus location: Off the Coast of Southern California A Bottlenose Dolphin rides the bow of our boat. Images of Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin. range: Found worldwide in temporate and tropical oceans. In the Pacific from northern Japan to Australia and S. California to Chile. photo-id: DBN-011 request pricing |  Green Sea Turtle species: Chelonia mydas location: Milolii Beach south of Kona Hawaii Green Sea Turtles are quite common on the big island of Hawaii. This one had hauled out to bask in the sun on a popular black sand beach south of Kona. Green Sea Turtle Photography. range: Can be found in tropical and sub-tropical oceans worldwide photo-id: TUR-007 request pricing |  Pacific White-Sided Dolphin species: Lagenorhynchus obliquidenus location: Off the Coast of Southern California At seven to eight feet in length and three hundred pounds or more when mature White-Sided are a large dolphin species. Pacific White-Sided Dolphin Images. range: Gulf of Alaska to Baja California photo-id: DOW-059 request pricing |  Pacific White-Sided Dolphin species: Lagenorhynchus obliquidenus location: Off the Coast of Southern California White-Sided playing the kelp game. I have now witnessed this behavior numerous times. An Individual will pickup a piece of drift kelp using either their pectoral fins dorsal fin tail or mouth. A game of keep-away will then ensue with any number of individuals pursuing the one with the kelp. Pacific White-Sided Dolphin Photos. range: Gulf of Alaska to Baja California photo-id: DOW-064 request pricing |
 Pacific White-Sided Dolphin species: Lagenorhynchus obliquidenus location: Off the Coast of Southern California Most often found off the coast of Southern California from about October through March but can be spotted year round. Pacific White-Sided Dolphin Pictures. range: Gulf of Alaska to Baja California photo-id: DOW-054 request pricing |  Pacific White-Sided Dolphin Underwater species: Lagenorhynchus obliquidenus location: Off the Coast of Southern California At seven to eight feet in length and three hundred pounds or more when mature White-Sided are a large dolphin species. Photos of Pacific White-Sided Dolphin Underwater. range: Gulf of Alaska to Baja California photo-id: DOW-052 request pricing |  Great White Shark Underwater species: Carcharodon carcharias location: Guadalupe Island Mexico Great Whites tagged off the Baja Coast have been found to cross the Pacific nearly to Hawaii and then return each year. Pictures of Great White Shark Underwater. range: Found worldwide primarily in temperate and subtropical waters photo-id: SGW-009 request pricing |  Blue Whale Fluke Underwater species: Balaenoptera musculus location: Off the Coast of Southern California Blue Whales existed in large numbers until the early twentieth century. In a period of less than 40 years they were hunted nearly to extinction. As of 2002 there were 5 to 10 thousand worldwide and their numbers appear to be increasing. Images of Blue Whale Fluke Underwater. range: Found worldwide. In the pacific ocean they range from the Arctic to the Gulf of Mexico photo-id: WBL-036 request pricing |
 Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin Underwater species: Tursiops truncatus location: Off the Coast of Southern California Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin known for their natural leaping behaviors are often used in captive shows at zoos and aquaria. In the wild they are often seen inshore even just outside surf breaks along the shoreline. Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin Underwater Photography. range: Found worldwide in temporate and tropical oceans. In the Pacific from northern Japan to Australia and S. California to Chile. photo-id: DBN-005 request pricing |  Blue Whale Underwater Feeding on Krill species: Balaenoptera musculus location: Off the Coast of Southern California Calf / sub-adult feeding on Krill along with mother visible in background. Blue Whale Underwater Feeding on Krill Images. range: Found worldwide. In the pacific ocean they range from the Arctic to the Gulf of Mexico photo-id: WBL-021 request pricing |  Blue Whale Underwater Feeding on Krill species: Balaenoptera musculus location: Off the Coast of Southern California Calf / sub-adult feeding on Krill along with mother visible in background. Blue Whale Underwater Feeding on Krill Photos. range: Found worldwide. In the pacific ocean they range from the Arctic to the Gulf of Mexico photo-id: WBL-022 request pricing |  Blue Whale Underwater Feeding on Krill species: Balaenoptera musculus location: Off the Coast of Southern California Calf / sub-adult feeding on Krill along with mother visible in background. Blue Whale Underwater Feeding on Krill Pictures. range: Found worldwide. In the pacific ocean they range from the Arctic to the Gulf of Mexico photo-id: WBL-023 request pricing |
 Fin Whale Underwater species: Balaenoptera physalus location: Off the Coast of Southern California The Fin Whale is brownish gray along the back and sides with whitish underside. They have a unique asymmetry to the coloration of their lower jaw with the left side being gray to black much like the rest of the animal but the right side is white. Photos of Fin Whale Underwater. range: Arctic Circle to Gulf of Mexico; Bering Sea to Baja California photo-id: WFN-017 request pricing |  Fin Whale species: Balaenoptera physalus location: Off the Coast of Southern California Baleen whale. Individuals can exceed 75 feet in length and weigh in excess of 80 tons. Pictures of Fin Whale. range: Arctic Circle to Gulf of Mexico; Bering Sea to Baja California photo-id: WFN-001 request pricing |  Stubby Squid species: Rossia pacifica location: Vancouver Island British Columbia Canada Normally found on sand and mud bottoms. Images of Stubby Squid. photo-id: BCU-005 request pricing |  Decorated Warbonnet species: Chirolophis decoratus location: Vancouver Island British Columbia Canada Decorated Warbonnet Photography. photo-id: BCU-006 request pricing |
References for Query: Underwater Images Photos Pictures Photographysee also - (Links to additional related material.)| Blue Whale | Brydes Whale | Common Dolphin | Dolphin | Endangered Species | Fin Whale | Gray Whale | Great White Shark | | Humpback Whale | Krill | Marine Fish | Marine Invertebrates | Marine Mammals | Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin | Pacific White-Sided Dolphin | | Rissos Dolphin | Sharks Common to California | Shortfin Mako Shark | Threatened Species | Tuna Seiner | Whales | species represented - (Search for all images of a given species.) Balaenoptera musculus, Balaenoptera physalus, Carcharodon carcharias, Chelonia mydas, Chirolophis decoratus, Delphinus delphis, Isurus oxyrinchus, Lagenorhynchus obliquidenus, Prionace glauca, Rossia pacifica, Stenella attenuata, Tursiops truncatus, keywords - (Search for all images containing a specific related keyword.) Bottlenosed, Cetacea, Cetacean, Cetaceans, Dangerous, Dolphins, Endangered Species, Gamefish, Leaping, Man Eater, Offshore, Open Ocean, Pacific, Pelagic, Pointer, Porpoise, Sounding, Surface, Turtles, White Death, White Sided external links - (Links to external reference material.) | MarineBio Pacific White-Sided Dolphin | NOAA Fisheries Pacific White-Sided Dolphin | National Geographic Great White Shark | | PBS Sea Dwellers Blue Shark | Shedd Aquarium Pacific White-Sided Dolphin | Wikipedia Common Dolphin | Wikipedia Fin Whale | | Wikipedia Pacific White-Sided Dolphin | Wikipedia Shortfin Mako Shark | | |||
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