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An unbelievable large school of sardines, moving as one unit, opens while each individual tries to escape at the maw of grouper and dentex. The tiny
© Franco Banfi / Biosphoto
© Franco Banfi / Biosphoto
An unbelievable large school of sardines, moving as one unit, opens while each individual tries to escape at the maw of grouper and dentex. The tiny sardines found themselves in a situation which limited their chances of survival, since they were locked up between the surface and the shallow bottom, with very few possibilities to escape the predators’ mouths. The large school was so big to darken the natural light coming through the surface in the shallow water and frantically moved apart under the attacks of the groupers and dentex, to reassemble shortly after. The school of fishes continually changed shapes, similarly to the flocks of starlings in the sky. I remained hours in the shallow water, doing my best to take a representative picture, while avoiding to be part of the feast. Species : Sardines, Leopard grouper (Mycteroperca rosacea), Dentex Conservation status : Least concerned Location: Los Islotes rockeries, Espiritu Santo archipelago, Sea of Cortez, Mexico The area was declared part of a Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO in 1995
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Zander (Sander lucioperca) at the bottom of the Cher river - Municipality of Saint-Aignan sur Cher - Loir et Cher - France
© Bruno Guénard / Biosphoto
© Bruno Guénard / Biosphoto
Zander (Sander lucioperca) at the bottom of the Cher river - Municipality of Saint-Aignan sur Cher - Loir et Cher - France
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European eel (Anguilla anguilla) moving through seaweed in the middle of the night - Seudre estuary - Charente-Maritime - France
© Bruno Guénard / Biosphoto
© Bruno Guénard / Biosphoto
European eel (Anguilla anguilla) moving through seaweed in the middle of the night - Seudre estuary - Charente-Maritime - France
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Wels catfish (Silurus glanis) at the bottom of the river Cher at rest - city of Noyers sur Cher - Loir et Cher - France
© Bruno Guénard / Biosphoto
© Bruno Guénard / Biosphoto
Wels catfish (Silurus glanis) at the bottom of the river Cher at rest - city of Noyers sur Cher - Loir et Cher - France
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Eyestripe surgeonfish (Acanthurus dussumieri) on the sandbank of the islet Maji in front of M'tsamboro, Mayotte
© Gabriel Barathieu / Biosphoto
© Gabriel Barathieu / Biosphoto
Eyestripe surgeonfish (Acanthurus dussumieri) on the sandbank of the islet Maji in front of M'tsamboro, Mayotte
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Eyestripe surgeonfish (Acanthurus dussumieri) in the clear, turquoise waters of Mayotte's lagoon in front of the maji island.
© Gabriel Barathieu / Biosphoto
© Gabriel Barathieu / Biosphoto
Eyestripe surgeonfish (Acanthurus dussumieri) in the clear, turquoise waters of Mayotte's lagoon in front of the maji island.
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Eyestripe surgeonfish (Acanthurus dussumieri) couple in the clear, turquoise waters of Mayotte's lagoon.
© Gabriel Barathieu / Biosphoto
© Gabriel Barathieu / Biosphoto
Eyestripe surgeonfish (Acanthurus dussumieri) couple in the clear, turquoise waters of Mayotte's lagoon.
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California Sea Lion (Zalophus californianus) feeding on sardine's bait ball (Sardinops sagax), Magdalena Bay, West Coast of Baja California
© Franco Banfi / Biosphoto
© Franco Banfi / Biosphoto
California Sea Lion (Zalophus californianus) feeding on sardine's bait ball (Sardinops sagax), Magdalena Bay, West Coast of Baja California Peninsula, Pacific Ocean, Mexico
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Striped marlin (Tetrapturus audax) feeding on sardine's bait ball (Sardinops sagax), Magdalena Bay, West Coast of Baja California Peninsula,
© Franco Banfi / Biosphoto
© Franco Banfi / Biosphoto
Striped marlin (Tetrapturus audax) feeding on sardine's bait ball (Sardinops sagax), Magdalena Bay, West Coast of Baja California Peninsula, Pacific Ocean, Mexico
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Striped marlin (Tetrapturus audax) feeding on sardine's bait ball (Sardinops sagax), Magdalena Bay, West Coast of Baja California Peninsula, Pacific
© Franco Banfi / Biosphoto
© Franco Banfi / Biosphoto
Striped marlin (Tetrapturus audax) feeding on sardine's bait ball (Sardinops sagax), Magdalena Bay, West Coast of Baja California Peninsula, Pacific Ocean, Mexico
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Little Tunny (Euthynnus alletteratus) trapped in a net,,Gulf of Naples, Italy
© Pasquale Vassallo / Biosphoto
© Pasquale Vassallo / Biosphoto
Little Tunny (Euthynnus alletteratus) trapped in a net,,Gulf of Naples, Italy
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"Yellow candy". Damselfish (Chromis chromis) trapped in a yellow plastic net used to wrap lemons, Marina di Bacoli Napoli, Campania, Italy
© Pasquale Vassallo / Biosphoto
© Pasquale Vassallo / Biosphoto
"Yellow candy". Damselfish (Chromis chromis) trapped in a yellow plastic net used to wrap lemons, Marina di Bacoli Napoli, Campania, Italy
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Long-snouted Sea horse (Hippocampus guttulatus) hanging on a rope, Marina di bacoli, Napoli, Campania, Italy
© Pasquale Vassallo / Biosphoto
© Pasquale Vassallo / Biosphoto
Long-snouted Sea horse (Hippocampus guttulatus) hanging on a rope, Marina di bacoli, Napoli, Campania, Italy
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Striped eel catfish (Plotosus lineatus), long exposure, Mayotte
© Gabriel Barathieu / Biosphoto
© Gabriel Barathieu / Biosphoto
Striped eel catfish (Plotosus lineatus), long exposure, Mayotte
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Cape Cormorants (Phalacrocorax capensis; Endangered) swimming amongst school of Southern African Pilchards (Sardinops sagax) with sun in background,
© Colin Marshall / Biosphoto
© Colin Marshall / Biosphoto
Cape Cormorants (Phalacrocorax capensis; Endangered) swimming amongst school of Southern African Pilchards (Sardinops sagax) with sun in background, Port St. Johns, Wild Coast, Eastern Cape, Transkei, South Africa, Africa, Indian Ocean
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Tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier) and Humpback red snapper (Lutjanus gibbus), Tahiti, French polynesia
© Fabien Michenet / Biosphoto
© Fabien Michenet / Biosphoto
Tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier) and Humpback red snapper (Lutjanus gibbus), Tahiti, French polynesia
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Wels catfish (Silurus glanis) in the river Lez, Hérault, Occitanie, France
© Mathieu Foulquié / Biosphoto
© Mathieu Foulquié / Biosphoto
Wels catfish (Silurus glanis) in the river Lez, Hérault, Occitanie, France
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Happy fFsh, Bluestriped fangblenny (Plagiotremus rhinorhynchos) sticking her head out of her hole with a joyful smile, Mayotte
© Gabriel Barathieu / Biosphoto
© Gabriel Barathieu / Biosphoto
Happy fFsh, Bluestriped fangblenny (Plagiotremus rhinorhynchos) sticking her head out of her hole with a joyful smile, Mayotte
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Juvenile jack taking refuge in a purple jellyfish (Thysanostoma loriferum). Photographed at night over abyssal depths Tahiti, French Polynesia.
© Fabien Michenet / Biosphoto
© Fabien Michenet / Biosphoto
Juvenile jack taking refuge in a purple jellyfish (Thysanostoma loriferum). Photographed at night over abyssal depths Tahiti, French Polynesia. Award-winning image.
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Snaketooth deepsea swallower (Kali macrodon), Tahiti, French Polynesia
© Fabien Michenet / Biosphoto
© Fabien Michenet / Biosphoto
Snaketooth deepsea swallower (Kali macrodon), Tahiti, French Polynesia
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Clown anemonefish (Amphiprion ocellaris) in a sea anemone, Richelieu Rock, Surin Islands, Thailand, Andaman Sea
© Gabriel Barathieu / Biosphoto
© Gabriel Barathieu / Biosphoto
Clown anemonefish (Amphiprion ocellaris) in a sea anemone, Richelieu Rock, Surin Islands, Thailand, Andaman Sea
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'Last Dawn, Last Gasp'. This winter, I went diving with some local fishermen. At 6 in the morning I was already in the water, as the nets were raised
© Pasquale Vassallo / Biosphoto
© Pasquale Vassallo / Biosphoto
'Last Dawn, Last Gasp'. This winter, I went diving with some local fishermen. At 6 in the morning I was already in the water, as the nets were raised at first light. During the dive I followed the path of the fishing nets from the bottom to the surface. As the fishermen quickly hauled on the nets, I tried to take some shots of trapped fish still suffering in the mesh, such as this tuna ().
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Hawksbill Sea Turtle, Eretmochelys imbricata, South Male Atoll, Indian Ocean, Maldives
© Reinhard Dirscherl / Biosphoto
© Reinhard Dirscherl / Biosphoto
Hawksbill Sea Turtle, Eretmochelys imbricata, South Male Atoll, Indian Ocean, Maldives
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Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) fishing for an eel (Anguilla anguilla), Alsace, France
© Michel Rauch / Biosphoto
© Michel Rauch / Biosphoto
Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) fishing for an eel (Anguilla anguilla), Alsace, France
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Long pose of a Skunk clownfish (Amphiprion akallopisos) well protected in its anemone, Mayotte
© Gabriel Barathieu / Biosphoto
© Gabriel Barathieu / Biosphoto
Long pose of a Skunk clownfish (Amphiprion akallopisos) well protected in its anemone, Mayotte
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Commerson's frogfish (Antennarius commerson) on the lookout in a sponges. Mayotte
© Gabriel Barathieu / Biosphoto
© Gabriel Barathieu / Biosphoto
Commerson's frogfish (Antennarius commerson) on the lookout in a sponges. Mayotte
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Big Gulf grouper (Mycteroperca jordani) in front of a Shoal of Big-eye jacks (Caranx sexfasciatus), Cabo Pulmo Marine National Park, Baja California
© Franco Banfi / Biosphoto
© Franco Banfi / Biosphoto
Big Gulf grouper (Mycteroperca jordani) in front of a Shoal of Big-eye jacks (Caranx sexfasciatus), Cabo Pulmo Marine National Park, Baja California Sur, Mexico
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Striped marlin (Tetrapturus audax) feeding on sardine's bait ball
© Franco Banfi / Biosphoto
© Franco Banfi / Biosphoto
Striped marlin (Tetrapturus audax) feeding on sardine's bait ball (Sardinops sagax), Magdalena Bay, West Coast of Baja California, Pacific Ocean, Mexico
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Striped marlin (Kajikia audax) feeding on sardine's bait ball (Sardinops sagax), Magdalena Bay, West Coast of Baja California, Pacific Ocean, Mexico
© Franco Banfi / Biosphoto
© Franco Banfi / Biosphoto
Striped marlin (Kajikia audax) feeding on sardine's bait ball (Sardinops sagax), Magdalena Bay, West Coast of Baja California, Pacific Ocean, Mexico
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California Sea Lion (Zalophus californianus) feeding on sardine's bait ball (Sardinops sagax), Magdalena Bay, West Coast of Baja California, Pacific
© Franco Banfi / Biosphoto
© Franco Banfi / Biosphoto
California Sea Lion (Zalophus californianus) feeding on sardine's bait ball (Sardinops sagax), Magdalena Bay, West Coast of Baja California, Pacific Ocean, Mexico
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Behind the huge caudal fin of a whale shark (Rhincodon typus),
© Gabriel Barathieu / Biosphoto
© Gabriel Barathieu / Biosphoto
Behind the huge caudal fin of a whale shark (Rhincodon typus), Madagascar
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Whale shark (Rhincodon typus) escorted by a school of bonito, Nosy Be, Madagascar
© Gabriel Barathieu / Biosphoto
© Gabriel Barathieu / Biosphoto
Whale shark (Rhincodon typus) escorted by a school of bonito, Nosy Be, Madagascar
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King Trevally (Gnathanodon speciosus) Opening the way to the Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus) in Nosy Be, Madagascar
© Gabriel Barathieu / Biosphoto
© Gabriel Barathieu / Biosphoto
King Trevally (Gnathanodon speciosus) Opening the way to the Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus) in Nosy Be, Madagascar
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Whale shark (Rhincodon typus) swimming with a school of bonito, Nosy Be, Madagascar
© Gabriel Barathieu / Biosphoto
© Gabriel Barathieu / Biosphoto
Whale shark (Rhincodon typus) swimming with a school of bonito, Nosy Be, Madagascar
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African Darter (Anhinga rufa) swallowing a fish, Kruger National park, South Africa
© Patrice Correia / Biosphoto
© Patrice Correia / Biosphoto
African Darter (Anhinga rufa) swallowing a fish, Kruger National park, South Africa
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Red Indian fish, Pataecus fronto. Note big pectoral fins that look like 8 finger hands and help the fish to
© Paulo de Oliveira / Biosphoto
© Paulo de Oliveira / Biosphoto
Red Indian fish, Pataecus fronto. Note big pectoral fins that look like 8 finger hands and help the fish to move and grab among the sponges and corals. It is a relatively rare species and we don't know much about it's biology. But it has been discovered that, like the snakes, it regularly moults. When it grows, or the skin is old, it changes it as if it were a used outfit, in one swoop, getting rid in the meantime of the parasites and the encrusting weeds. Australia. Composite image
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Titan triggerfish, Balistoides viridescens. Biting a plastic bottled lid. A lot
© Paulo de Oliveira / Biosphoto
© Paulo de Oliveira / Biosphoto
Titan triggerfish, Balistoides viridescens. Biting a plastic bottled lid. A lot of sea animals ingest plastic garbage because they think it's edible food. Huge amount of plastic garbage at the surface and in midwater. Thilafushi Island. Maldives Digital composite. Composite image
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Dramatic fight between an octopus and a moray eel. The moray makes a knot on itself that runs over the body and frees it from
© Paulo de Oliveira / Biosphoto
© Paulo de Oliveira / Biosphoto
Dramatic fight between an octopus and a moray eel. The moray makes a knot on itself that runs over the body and frees it from the tantacles of the octopus. Portugal
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Jack Mackerel (Trachurus sp) juveniles using a Jellyfish (Rhizostoma pulmo) as a shelter from predators, Tyrrhenian Sea
© Pasquale Vassallo / Biosphoto
© Pasquale Vassallo / Biosphoto
Jack Mackerel (Trachurus sp) juveniles using a Jellyfish (Rhizostoma pulmo) as a shelter from predators, Tyrrhenian Sea
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White-spotted pufferfish, Torquigener albomaculosus. Male with characteristic circular nest in the sand on the foreground. Males never reuse a
© Paulo de Oliveira / Biosphoto
© Paulo de Oliveira / Biosphoto
White-spotted pufferfish, Torquigener albomaculosus. Male with characteristic circular nest in the sand on the foreground. Males never reuse a nest. The spectacular nest with 2 meters in diameter is excavated on the sand to attract the females with the impressive design. Amami Oshima Island. Japan Digital composite. Composite image
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Shoal of Yellowback Fusilier, Caesio teres, Christmas Island, Australia
© Reinhard Dirscherl / Biosphoto
© Reinhard Dirscherl / Biosphoto
Shoal of Yellowback Fusilier, Caesio teres, Christmas Island, Australia
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Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) adult male, emerging from dive with a Roach (Rutilus rutilus) prey in beak, Lorraine, France
© Michel Poinsignon / Biosphoto
© Michel Poinsignon / Biosphoto
Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) adult male, emerging from dive with a Roach (Rutilus rutilus) prey in beak, Lorraine, France
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Front view Suckerfish (Echeneis naucrates) trio, Tahiti, French Polynesia
© Cyrille Mulard / Biosphoto
© Cyrille Mulard / Biosphoto
Front view Suckerfish (Echeneis naucrates) trio, Tahiti, French Polynesia
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Ocean sunfich (Mola mola) at sea with pilot fishes (Naucrates ductor), Tenerife, Canary Islands.
© Sergio Hanquet / Biosphoto
© Sergio Hanquet / Biosphoto
Ocean sunfich (Mola mola) at sea with pilot fishes (Naucrates ductor), Tenerife, Canary Islands.
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Yellowfin Tunas (Thunnus albacares) hunting Atlantic chub mackerels (Scomber colias), Tenerife, Canary Islands.
© Sergio Hanquet / Biosphoto
© Sergio Hanquet / Biosphoto
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
© Sergio Hanquet / Biosphoto
© Sergio Hanquet / Biosphoto
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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Lionfish (Pterois sp) in a sea cave, Indian Ocean, Maharani, La Reunion island
© Gabriel Barathieu / Biosphoto
© Gabriel Barathieu / Biosphoto
Lionfish (Pterois sp) in a sea cave, Indian Ocean, Maharani, La Reunion island