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    Enhydrina schistosa (Beaked sea snake)

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    Growing in characteristically shaped mounds or domes, Favites chinensis forms massive, rounded colonies composed of numerous individual…

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    Information on the threadfin butterflyfish (Chaetodon auriga) is being researched and wriiten and will appear here shortly.…

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    Plesiastrea versipora (Small knob coral)

    One of just two species in its genus, Plesiastrea versipora forms large colonies, which can measure several metres in diameter at high…

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  • False killer whale (Pseudorca crassidens)

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    Sousa chinensis (Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin)

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    18 photo

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  • Ginkgo-toothed beaked whale (Mesoplodon ginkgodens)

    Mesoplodon ginkgodens (Ginkgo-toothed beaked whale)

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    4 photos

    0 videos

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    Favia pallida (Favia coral)

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  • Pygmy killer whale (Feresa attenuata)

    Feresa attenuata (Pygmy killer whale)

    Contrary to its name, the little-known pygmy killer whale is actually a member of the dolphin family. Until 1952 the pygmy killer whale was…

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    Pavona cactus (Pavona coral)

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  • Bigeye tuna (Thunnus obesus)

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    This large, fast-swimming tuna is an important target for numerous commercial fisheries around the world. The streamlined body of the bigeye…

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    2 photos

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  • Yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares)

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  • Blainville’s beaked whale (Mesoplodon densirostris)

    Mesoplodon densirostris (Blainville’s beaked whale)

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  • Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)

    Tursiops truncatus (Bottlenose dolphin)

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  • Lesser valley coral (Platygyra lamellina)

    Platygyra lamellina (Lesser valley coral)

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  • Blue shark (Prionace glauca)

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