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The 6-7 foot shark was seen at the North end of the San Francisco reef, Cozumel, Mexico in approximately 40 feet of water. My dive master was unaware of any previous sightings of an Albino grey nurse shark in Cozumel. The shark in the picture appears to have a Sharksucker attached to it. The shark and the sucker fish have a symbioticcommensal relationship in which the sucker benefits from the scattered morsels of food when the host shark feeds.
Coral Reefs and caves. Depths shallow to 70 feet.
I did not have my camera and the picture is provided courtesy of Jon Cragg of Fish Rock Dive Centre at South West Rocks on the Mid North Coast of N.S.W Australia. Jon's site is www.fishrock.com.au and the site has a narrative and a movie of his sighting. has
Spotted on Dec 23, 2011
Submitted on Dec 26, 2011
3 Comments
Great spot! And very interesting to see the relationship with the sucker fish.
Very rare to see a gray nurse shark even more rare to see a albino one
Amazing spotting
I love the color of this shark, a real life "white" shark. :)