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Sea Lion Underwater, Los Islotes, Sea of Cortez
Sea Lion Underwater, Los Islotes, Sea of Cortez.
Location: Los Islotes, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 32522  
Isla San Pedro Martir at sunset with extensive forest of Cardon Cactus seen on the summit ridge of the island, aerial photo, Sea of Cortez, Mexico. San Pedro Martir Island and its marine life are, since 2002, part of the San Pedro Martir Biosphere Reserve, and is regarded as a natural laboratory of adaptive evolution, similar to that of the Galapagos Islands. It is home to 292 species of fauna and flora (both land-based and aquatic), with 42 species protected by Mexican law, and 30 listed on the Red List of Threatened Species. San Pedro Martir is also unique in the area for its year-round quantity of birds. The island is the only island in the area with a perpetually swirling cloud of sea birds. This is because the water around the island, has some of the most successful marine productivity in the world, Pachycereus pringlei
Isla San Pedro Martir at sunset with extensive forest of Cardon Cactus seen on the summit ridge of the island, aerial photo, Sea of Cortez, Mexico. San Pedro Martir Island and its marine life are, since 2002, part of the San Pedro Martir Biosphere Reserve, and is regarded as a natural laboratory of adaptive evolution, similar to that of the Galapagos Islands. It is home to 292 species of fauna and flora (both land-based and aquatic), with 42 species protected by Mexican law, and 30 listed on the Red List of Threatened Species. San Pedro Martir is also unique in the area for its year-round quantity of birds. The island is the only island in the area with a perpetually swirling cloud of sea birds. This is because the water around the island, has some of the most successful marine productivity in the world.
Species: Cardon cactus, Elephant cactus, Pachycereus pringlei
Location: Isla San Pedro Martir, Sonora, Mexico
Image ID: 40398  
Cardon Cactus on Isla San Diego, Aerial View, Baja California, Pachycereus pringlei
Cardon Cactus on Isla San Diego, Aerial View, Baja California.
Species: Cardon cactus, Elephant cactus, Pachycereus pringlei
Location: Isla San Diego, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 33575  
Longnose Hawkfish on Black Coral, Oxycirrhites typus, Antipatharia, Oxycirrhites typus, Isla San Diego, Baja California, Mexico
Longnose Hawkfish on Black Coral, Oxycirrhites typus.
Species: Black coral, Longnose hawkfish, Antipatharia, Oxycirrhites typus
Location: Isla San Diego, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 33570  
Marcus' aeolid sea slug or nudibranch, Coryphellina marcusorum, Sea of Cortez, Mexico, Coryphellina marcusorum, Isla Angel de la Guarda, Baja California
Marcus' aeolid sea slug or nudibranch, Coryphellina marcusorum, Sea of Cortez, Mexico.
Species: Marcus' aeolid, Coryphellina marcusorum
Location: Isla Angel de la Guarda, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 40317  
Gorgonian Polyps, Detail. Gorgonians are colonial animals that extend branches of polyps into currents that flow over the reef in order to capture passing bits of food, Isla Angel de la Guarda, Baja California, Mexico
Gorgonian Polyps, Detail. Gorgonians are colonial animals that extend branches of polyps into currents that flow over the reef in order to capture passing bits of food.
Location: Isla Angel de la Guarda, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 40329  
Starfish Sea Star Detail, Sea of Cortez, Mexico, Isla Angel de la Guarda, Baja California
Starfish Sea Star Detail, Sea of Cortez, Mexico.
Location: Isla Angel de la Guarda, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 40332  
Gorgonians and Juvenile Mexican Hogfish on Lush Rocky Reef, Isla de la Guarda, Sea of Cortez, Bodianus diplotaenia, Isla Angel de la Guarda, Baja California, Mexico
Gorgonians and Juvenile Mexican Hogfish on Lush Rocky Reef, Isla de la Guarda, Sea of Cortez.
Species: Mexican hogfish, Bodianus diplotaenia
Location: Isla Angel de la Guarda, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 40349  
Tambja abdere nudibranch, Sea of Cortez, Mexico, Tambja abdere, Isla Angel de la Guarda, Baja California
Tambja abdere nudibranch, Sea of Cortez, Mexico.
Species: Concealed Tambja Nudibranch, Tambja abdere
Location: Isla Angel de la Guarda, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 40355  
Black Coral on Rocky Reef, Unidentified species, Midriff Islands, Sea of Cortez, Mexico, Isla San Pedro Martir, Sonora
Black Coral on Rocky Reef, Unidentified species, Midriff Islands, Sea of Cortez, Mexico.
Location: Isla San Pedro Martir, Sonora, Mexico
Image ID: 40393  
California Sea Lion, San Pedro Martir Island, Sea of Cortez, Mexico, Zalophus californianus, Isla San Pedro Martir, Sonora
California Sea Lion, San Pedro Martir Island, Sea of Cortez, Mexico.
Species: California sea lion, Zalophus californianus
Location: Isla San Pedro Martir, Sonora, Mexico
Image ID: 40395  
Turtle Flies Over Pink Sponges Encrusting Rocky Reef alongside various species of algae and gorgonians, San Pedro Martir Island, Sea of Cortez, Isla San Pedro Martir, Sonora, Mexico
Turtle Flies Over Pink Sponges Encrusting Rocky Reef alongside various species of algae and gorgonians, San Pedro Martir Island, Sea of Cortez.
Location: Isla San Pedro Martir, Sonora, Mexico
Image ID: 40416  
Black Coral on Rocky Reef, Unidentified species, isla San Pedro Martir, Midriff Islands, Sea of Cortez, Mexico, Isla San Pedro Martir, Sonora
Black Coral on Rocky Reef, Unidentified species, isla San Pedro Martir, Midriff Islands, Sea of Cortez, Mexico.
Location: Isla San Pedro Martir, Sonora, Mexico
Image ID: 40426  
California Sea Lion, San Pedro Martir Island, Sea of Cortez, Mexico, Zalophus californianus, Isla San Pedro Martir, Sonora
California Sea Lion, San Pedro Martir Island, Sea of Cortez, Mexico.
Species: California sea lion, Zalophus californianus
Location: Isla San Pedro Martir, Sonora, Mexico
Image ID: 40428  
Pacific Green Sea Turtle, Chelonia mydas, grazing on marine algae, San Pedro Martir Island, Sea of Cortez, Isla San Pedro Martir, Sonora, Mexico
Pacific Green Sea Turtle, Chelonia mydas, grazing on marine algae, San Pedro Martir Island, Sea of Cortez.
Location: Isla San Pedro Martir, Sonora, Mexico
Image ID: 40429  
Lizard Triplefin Blenny, Crocodilichthys gracilis, Sea of Cortez, Crocodilichthys gracilis, Islas San Lorenzo, Baja California, Mexico
Lizard Triplefin Blenny, Crocodilichthys gracilis, Sea of Cortez.
Species: Lizard Triplefin Blenny, Crocodilichthys gracilis
Location: Islas San Lorenzo, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 40435  
Barspot Cardinalfish, Apogon retrosell, Sea of Cortez, Apogon retrosell, Islas San Lorenzo, Baja California, Mexico
Barspot Cardinalfish, Apogon retrosell, Sea of Cortez.
Species: Barspot Cardinalfish, Apogon retrosell
Location: Islas San Lorenzo, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 40443  
Speckeled Flatworm, Pseudoceros bajae, Sea of Cortez, Pseudoceros bajae, Islas San Lorenzo, Baja California, Mexico
Speckeled Flatworm, Pseudoceros bajae, Sea of Cortez.
Species: Speckeled Flatworm, Pseudoceros bajae
Location: Islas San Lorenzo, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 40448  
Sacoglossan nudibranch Elysia diomedea, Sea of Cortez, Mexico, Elysia diomedea, Islas San Lorenzo, Baja California
Sacoglossan nudibranch Elysia diomedea, Sea of Cortez, Mexico.
Species: Elysia diomedea
Location: Islas San Lorenzo, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 40453  
Blue-and-yellow chromis, Chromis limbaughi, Islas San Lorenzo, Sea of Cortez, Chromis limbaughi
Blue-and-yellow chromis, Chromis limbaughi, Islas San Lorenzo, Sea of Cortez.
Species: Connie's damsel, Chromis limbaughi
Location: Islas San Lorenzo, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 40460  
Marine flatworm, Pseudoceros sp, Sea of Cortez, Mexico, Pseudoceros sp, Islas San Lorenzo, Baja California
Marine flatworm, Pseudoceros sp., Sea of Cortez, Mexico.
Species: Pseudoceros sp
Location: Islas San Lorenzo, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 40462  
Lizard Triplefin Blenny, Crocodilichthys gracilis, Sea of Cortez, Crocodilichthys gracilis, Islas San Lorenzo, Baja California, Mexico
Lizard Triplefin Blenny, Crocodilichthys gracilis, Sea of Cortez.
Species: Lizard Triplefin Blenny, Crocodilichthys gracilis
Location: Islas San Lorenzo, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 40463  
Spanish shawl nudibranch, Flabellinopsis iodinea, Midriff Islands, Sea of Cortez, Flabellinopsis iodinea, Islas San Lorenzo, Baja California, Mexico
Spanish shawl nudibranch, Flabellinopsis iodinea, Midriff Islands, Sea of Cortez.
Species: Spanish shawl nudibranch, Flabellinopsis iodinea
Location: Islas San Lorenzo, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 40466  
Spanish shawl nudibranch, Flabellinopsis iodinea, Midriff Islands, Sea of Cortez, Flabellinopsis iodinea, Islas San Lorenzo, Baja California, Mexico
Spanish shawl nudibranch, Flabellinopsis iodinea, Midriff Islands, Sea of Cortez.
Species: Spanish shawl nudibranch, Flabellinopsis iodinea
Location: Islas San Lorenzo, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 40467  
Spanish shawl nudibranch, Flabellinopsis iodinea, Midriff Islands, Sea of Cortez, Flabellinopsis iodinea, Islas San Lorenzo, Baja California, Mexico
Spanish shawl nudibranch, Flabellinopsis iodinea, Midriff Islands, Sea of Cortez.
Species: Spanish shawl nudibranch, Flabellinopsis iodinea
Location: Islas San Lorenzo, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 40470  
Spanish shawl nudibranch, Flabellinopsis iodinea, Midriff Islands, Sea of Cortez, Flabellinopsis iodinea, Islas San Lorenzo, Baja California, Mexico
Spanish shawl nudibranch, Flabellinopsis iodinea, Midriff Islands, Sea of Cortez.
Species: Spanish shawl nudibranch, Flabellinopsis iodinea
Location: Islas San Lorenzo, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 40473  
Underwater Reef with Invertebrates, Gorgonians, Coral Polyps, Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mikes Reef, Mexico
Underwater Reef with Invertebrates, Gorgonians, Coral Polyps, Sea of Cortez, Baja California.
Location: Mikes Reef, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 33494  
King Angelfish, Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Holacanthus passer, Isla San Diego, Mexico
King Angelfish, Sea of Cortez, Baja California.
Species: King angelfish, Holacanthus passer
Location: Isla San Diego, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 33528  
King Angelfish, Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Holacanthus passer, Isla San Diego, Mexico
King Angelfish, Sea of Cortez, Baja California.
Species: King angelfish, Holacanthus passer
Location: Isla San Diego, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 33533  
Coral Hawkfish, Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Isla San Diego, Mexico
Coral Hawkfish, Sea of Cortez, Baja California.
Location: Isla San Diego, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 33557  
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