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Sea lice Anilocra capensis and Nerocila armata. Small isopod crustaceans that parasitize fish by feeding on their fluids. In the image on the fin of a catalufa (Heteropriacanthus cruentatus). Tenerife, Canary Islands.

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Sea lice Anilocra capensis and Nerocila armata. Small isopod crustaceans that parasitize fish by feeding on their fluids. In the image on the fin of a catalufa (Heteropriacanthus cruentatus). Tenerife, Canary Islands.

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Catalufa (Heteropriacanthus cruentatus), detail of the head. Fish, underwater funds of the Canary Islands, Tenerife.

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Detail of an anemone (Telmatactis cricoides). It can reach 30 cm in diameter and has a highly variable coloration (up to 30 different color patterns have been recorded. Its tentacles are stinging. Seabed of the Canary Islands, Tenerife.

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Common smooth-hound (Mustelus mustelus). In the Canary Islands the females approach the coast (in shallow waters) at the end of summer to reproduce. Generally it is when important concentrations can be observed (between 10 and 100 young). Fish of the Canary Islands, Tenerife.

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BARRACUDA (Sphyraena viridensis). Barracuda school with diver. Tenerife, underwater bottoms of the Canary Islands.

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Axillary seabream (Pagellus acarne). Bream school with diver, Tenerife. Fish of the Canary Islands.

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Stinging bush hydroid (Macrorhynchia philippina), Tenerife, Canary Islands.

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Reproduction. Common stingray (Dasyatis pastinaca) mating. Fish from the Canary Islands, Tenerife.

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Blue starfish (Coscinasterias tenuispina). Clear example of regeneration, many stars can regenerate any part of their body, even from a single arm can form a complete individual. Marine invertebrates of the Canary Islands, Tenerife.

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White spotted octopus (Octopus macropus) above bottom. Marine invertebrates of the Canary Islands.

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Pilot whale (Globicephala macrorhynchus). Tenerife, Canary Islands.

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Pilot whale (Globicephala macrorhynchus). Tenerife, Canary Islands.

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Blue Dragon (Glaucus atlanticus). Small slug that measures only about 2 cm and is generally associated with the Portuguese man of war (Physalia physalis), although it also usually appears in intertidal pools. Marine invertebrates of the Canary Islands, Tenerife.

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Common raven (Corvus corax) in the caldera of Taburiente, Island of La Palma, in the Canaries. The great crows, curious and opportunistic, are not very shy in the Taburiente National Park - La Palma - Canary Islands

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Blue shark (Prionace glauca). North Atlantic Ocean, Canary Islands.

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Blue shark (Prionace glauca). North Atlantic Ocean, Canary Islands.

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Smaragdia viridis, small mollusc associated with seagrass beds (Caulerpa prolifera). Marine invertebrates of the Canary Islands, Tenerife.

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Ocean sunfich (Mola mola) at sea with pilot fishes (Naucrates ductor), Tenerife, Canary Islands.

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Portuguese man o' war (Physalia physalis), Tenerife, Canary Islands.

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Trichodesmium, also called sea sawdust (Trichodesmium erythraeum). It appears massively in surface, time of heat. It is a natural process. Pilot whale (Globicephala macorhynchus). Tenerife, Canary Islands.

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Yellowfin Tunas (Thunnus albacares) hunting Atlantic chub mackerels (Scomber colias), Tenerife, Canary Islands.

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Photo denunciation, garbage in the sea. No matter the place if not the consequences. Curiously, some waste becomes a refuge for some species. Grey triggerfish (Balistes capriscus).

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Bryde's whale (Balaenoptera brydei, edeni), Mother and whale breeding, Tenerife, Canary Islands

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Common dolphin - Short-beaked common dolphin (Delphinus delphis). Group feeding on snipe fish (Macroramphosus scolopax). Tenerife, Canary Islands.

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Common dolphin - Short-beaked common dolphin (Delphinus delphis). Specimen feeding on snipe fish (Macroramphosus scolopax). Tenerife, Canary Islands.

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Pilot whale (Globicephala macorhynchus). Caudal fin. Tenerife, Canary Islands.

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Pilot whale (Globicephala macorhynchus). Close-up of caudal fin. Tenerife, Canary Islands.

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Pilot whale (Globicephala macorhynchus). Close-up of submerged Juvenile. Tenerife, Canary Islands.

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Pilot whale (Globicephala macorhynchus). Close-up of submerged adult. Caudal fin. Tenerife, Canary Islands.

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Pilot whale (Globicephala macorhynchus). Close-up of submerged adult. Tenerife, Canary Islands.

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Pilot whale (Globicephala macorhynchus). Close-up of submerged couple. Tenerife, Canary Islands.

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Short finned pilot whale (globicephala macrocephalus) A young pilot whale surfacing in a silky sea. Canary Islands

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Green turtle eating a plastic bag resembling a jellyfish , Tenerife

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Green turtles couple synchronised swimming - Tenerife Canary

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Green sea turtle on the surface - Canary islands

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Green sea turtle trying to eat a plastic bag. It looks like a jellyfish. Shot made between 3 and 4 metres deep.

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Green sea turtles under the surface - Canary islands

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A very young pilot whale beside an adult Canary Islands

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Sunrays in the cloud forest, Garajonay National Park, La Gomera, Canary Islands, Spain, Europe

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Sea salt. It is obtained by evaporation of seawater, in this case naturally in the puddles furthest from the intertidal area. Tenerife, Atlantic Ocean.

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Sea salt. It is obtained by evaporation of seawater, in this case naturally in the puddles furthest from the intertidal area. Tenerife, Atlantic Ocean.

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Porcelain (Luria lurida). Marine invertebrates of the Canary Islands, Tenerife.

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Porcelain (Neosimnia spelta). This small mollusk lives associated with red or yellow gorgonians from which it acquires its color to go unnoticed (mimicry). Marine invertebrates of the Canary Islands, Tenerife.

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Worm (Bonellia viridis). It is a species of marine worm known for the exceptional sexual dimorphism it presents: the female has its body divided into two parts, the proboscis and the trunk. The trunk, which has a canal in the middle, ends in a wavy fork and can measure up to 1 meter in length; The trunk has a globose appearance and measures between 5 and 15 cm approximately. The male cannot be seen with the naked eye since it usually measures between 2 and 4 mm, has a flat body and no trunk. Marine invertebrates of the Canary Islands. Tenerife.

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Balssia gasti. Small 1 cm long decapod that usually lives associated with gorgonians, with which it mimics. Marine invertebrates from the Canary Islands, Tenerife.

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Nudibranch (Hypselodoris picta webbi). Three individuals together. Marine invertebrates of the Canary Islands, Tenerife.

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Striped red mollet (Mullus surmuletus) digging on the sandy bottom in search of food. Fish from the Canary Islands, Tenerife.

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Brown scorpionfishes (Scorpaena porcus). It is a nocturnal predator that hunts small fish by stalking. It blends in on the bottom between stones and algae. He is a very poor swimmer, moving only in small bursts. Some of its dorsal spines are connected to poison glands. Fish from the Canary Islands. Tenerife.

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Pipefish (Syngnathus acus) in a seagrass meadow (Cymodocea nodosa). Es: Pejepipa - Fr: Sygnate - De: Granadel. Fish of the Canary Islands, Tenerife.