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Blue shark
Blue shark
(Prionace glauca)
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Blue shark infant with egg sac still attached
© Jeff Foott / Discovery Communications, Inc.
Blue shark head detail
© Andy Murch / Elasmodiver.com
Blue shark swimming, ventral view
© Andy Murch / Elasmodiver.com
Blue shark, anterior view
© Valerie Taylor / www.ardea.com
Blue shark
© James D. Watt / Animals Animals
Blue shark swimming in open water
© Richard Hermann / www.osfimages.com
Blue shark swimming in open water
© Doug Perrine / Auscape International
Blue shark eating squid
© Howard Hall / www.osfimages.com
Blue shark feeding on northern anchovies
© Richard Hermann / www.osfimages.com
Blue shark swimming through schooling jack mackerel
© Richard Hermann / www.osfimages.com
Blue shark swimming among jack mackerel
© Richard Hermann / www.osfimages.com
Blue shark caught and killed in gill net
© Howard Hall / www.osfimages.com
Blue shark with fishing hook wound
© Richard Hermann / www.osfimages.com
Blue shark for sale in fish market
© Fabio Liverani / naturepl.com
Blue shark outside diver's cage
© Pete Atkinson / www.nhpa.co.uk
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