Sea of Cortez and Baja Mexico Images
Photographs from Norbert Wu Productions
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Plate 37
BJA0037. (SMT59, OCT33) giant Humboldt squid; Dosidicus gigas reaches 5 feet and 50 pounds; a voracious carnivore; Sea of Cortez, Baja Mexico
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BJA0038. (SMT12) stinging hydroids; starfish; and sea fan; Sea of Cortez, Baja Mexico; RD (Note: Could be Lytocarpus philippinus
Plate 39
BJA0039. (SHP19) commensal shrimp Periclimenes sorer; live on surfaces of starfish; Sea of Cortez, Baja Mexico
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BJA0040. (SHP21) commensal shrimp Periclimenes sorer lives within spines of crown-of-thorns starfish Acanthaster planci; Sea of Cortez, Baja Mexico
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BJA0041. sunset on a desert sea; Sea of Cortez, Baja Mexico
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BJA0042. egret fishing in Bahia de los Angeles; Sea of Cortez, Baja Mexico
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BJA0043. flock of avocets; Baja Mexico
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BJA0044. parasailing at LandŐs End; Cabo San Lucas; Baja Mexico
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BJA0045. brown pelicans; Pelecanus occidentalis; mouth expands to form bag for scooping fish; Sea of Cortez, Baja Mexico
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BJA0046. reef scene with king angelfish Holocanthus passer; yellowtail surgeon (Prionurus punctatus); rainbow wrasse (Thalassoma lucasanum); and pocillopora coral (Pocillopora damicornis); Sea of Cortez, Baja Mexico;
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BJA0048. (OPN35) sailfish Istiophorus platypterus; fastest fish; 68 miles per hour; Sea of Cortez, Baja Mexico
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BJA0049. male signal blenny; Emblemaria hypacanthus; raises fin to attract mate; Sea of Cortez, Baja Mexico