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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  
California sea lion underwater, Zalophus californianus, Sea of Cortez
California sea lion underwater.
Species: California sea lion, Zalophus californianus
Location: Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 27421  
California sea lion underwater, Zalophus californianus, Sea of Cortez
California sea lion underwater.
Species: California sea lion, Zalophus californianus
Location: Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 27422  
Large group of bachelor adult male California sea lions, underwater view, at Isla Las Animas near La Paz, Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Zalophus californianus
Large group of bachelor adult male California sea lions, underwater view, at Isla Las Animas near La Paz, Sea of Cortez, Baja California.
Species: California sea lion, Zalophus californianus
Location: Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 27462  
Finescale triggerfish underwater, Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico, Balistes polylepis
Finescale triggerfish underwater, Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico.
Species: Finescale triggerfish, Balistes polylepis
Location: Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 27478  
Finescale triggerfish underwater, Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico, Balistes polylepis
Finescale triggerfish underwater, Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico.
Species: Finescale triggerfish, Balistes polylepis
Location: Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 27489  
Reef with gorgonians and marine invertebrates, Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico
Reef with gorgonians and marine invertebrates, Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico.
Location: Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 27510  
Panamic crown of thorns sea star, Acanthaster ellisii, Sea of Cortez
Panamic crown of thorns sea star.
Species: Panamic crown of thorns sea star, Acanthaster ellisii
Location: Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 27527  
Lesser electric ray, Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico, Narcine entemedor
Lesser electric ray, Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico.
Species: Lesser electric ray, Narcine entemedor
Location: Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 27539  
Beautiful underwater sunburst, glittering light through the ocean surface, Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico
Beautiful underwater sunburst, glittering light through the ocean surface, Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico.
Location: Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 27562  
Panamic sargeant major fishes and sunburst, Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico, Abudefduf troschelii
Panamic sargeant major fishes and sunburst, Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico.
Species: Panamic sargeant major, Abudefduf troschelii
Location: Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 27563  
Yellow-tailed surgeonfish schooling, Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico, Prionurus laticlavius
Yellow-tailed surgeonfish schooling, Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico.
Species: Yellow-tailed surgeonfish, Prionurus laticlavius
Location: Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 27564  
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  
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