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Spearfish remora

Remora brachyptera

Description:

Photo take in sand are at -70 ft in a shark dive. Body cylindrical and elongate; possessing an oblong cephalic disk with 14 to 17 transverse laminae; cranium depressed (supporting cephalic disk); dorsal fin with 27 to 44 rays; first gill arch with fewer than 21 gill rakers; body entirely white to pale blue.

Habitat:

Worldwide in warm seas. Subtropical Marine; pelagic-oceanic fish.

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4 Comments

Gerardo Aizpuru
Gerardo Aizpuru 12 years ago

Thanks Blogie

Blogie
Blogie 12 years ago

Nice series!

Gerardo Aizpuru
Gerardo Aizpuru 12 years ago

Thanks Sachin

Sachin Zaveri
Sachin Zaveri 12 years ago

Crystal clear shot,

Gerardo Aizpuru
Spotted by
Gerardo Aizpuru

Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo, Mexico

Spotted on Jan 15, 2012
Submitted on Jan 15, 2012

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