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Spearfish remora

Remora brachyptera

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20.6285, -87.0798

Field Notes

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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Spearfish remora

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2012 Best Wildlife Photo

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PublishedJanuary 15, 2012

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