Bios Photo 10/2023

Spotted shrimp (Gnathophyllum elegans). Marine invertebrates of the Canary Islands, Tenerife.

Catalufa (Heteropriacanthus cruentatus), underwater funds of the Canary Islands, Tenerife.

Common smooth-hound (Mustelus mustelus). In the Canary Islands the females approach the coast (in shallow waters) to reproduce. Generally it is when i...

Common smooth-hound (Mustelus mustelus). In the Canary Islands the females approach the coast (in shallow waters) at the end of summer to reproduce. G...

Common smooth-hound (Mustelus mustelus). In the Canary Islands the females approach the coast (in shallow waters) to reproduce. Generally it is when i...

Common smooth-hound (Mustelus mustelus) with garbage on the seabed (plastics and pieces of ropes). In the Canary Islands the females approach the coas...

Hermit crab (Pagurus-anachoretus). These crustaceans have in common the use of snail shells to cover their abdomen, which is softer than that of other...

Long-spined sea urchin (Diadema africanum). Dead specimens: massive mortality recorded in 2022 due to disease caused by the pathogenic bacterium Vibri...

Bastard sole (Microchirus azevia). Fish of the Canary Islands, Tenerife.

Canary fish. BLACK MORAY (Muraena augusti) and TIGER MORAY (Enchelycore anatina) Tenerife, Canary Islands.

Pearly razorfish (Xyrichthys novacula) that hunts in phanerogams (Cymodocea nodosa), Tenerife, Canary Islands

Ornate wrasse (Thalassoma pavo) feeding, looking for small invertebrates among the algae. This species presents sexual dimorphism, the color pattern o...

Goldstrieme (Sarpa salpa). Salema shoal in a seagrass meadow. Fish of the Canary Islands, Tenerife.

Goldstrieme (Sarpa salpa). Salema shoal on seaweed bottom, in the first meters below the ocean surface. Fish from the Canary Islands, Tenerife.

Goldstrieme (Sarpa salpa). Salema shoal. Fish of the Canary Islands, Tenerife.

TAPACULO (Bothus podas). Head detail. A peculiarity of this species is that the male has his eyes further apart from each other than the females. Fish...

Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) in seagrass - seagrass, sebadal, seba (Cymodocea nodosa). Of all the sea turtles that exist, it is the only omnivoro...

Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) in seagrass - seagrass, sebadal, seba (Cymodocea nodosa). Of all the sea turtles that exist, it is the only omnivoro...

Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas). Tenerife, Canary Islands.

Parrotfish (Sparisoma cretense) hunting in a marine meadow (Cymodosea nodosa). Fish of the Canary Islands, Tenerife.

Cuvier's beaked whale (Ziphius cavirostris). Stranded on the south east coast of Tenerife, Punta de Abona (07_17_2023). Photo taken at empty tide, the...

Necropsy of a Cuvier's beaked whale (Ziphius cavirostris) carried out by veterinarians from the University Institute of Animal Health of the ULPGC and...

Hairy triton (Monoplex parthenopeus). Marine invertebrates of the Canary Islands, Tenerife.

Hairy triton (Monoplex parthenopeus). Marine invertebrates of the Canary Islands, Tenerife.

Cabos, garbage in the sea. Interestingly, some residues become refuge and tiny ecosystems for some species such as seahorses (Hippocampus hippocampus)...

Outlet of purified water in a submarine outfall where it is common to see fish feeding, in this case bogues (Boops boops). Tenerife, Canary Islands.

Musk ox (Ovibos moschatus) on the tundra, Dovrefjell, Norway

Musk ox (Ovibos moschatus) on the tundra, Dovrefjell, Norway

Musk ox (Ovibos moschatus) on the tundra, Dovrefjell, Norway

Musk ox (Ovibos moschatus) on the tundra, Dovrefjell, Norway

Musk ox (Ovibos moschatus) on the tundra, Dovrefjell, Norway

Musk ox (Ovibos moschatus) on the tundra, Dovrefjell, Norway

Musk ox (Ovibos moschatus) on the tundra, Dovrefjell, Norway

Musk ox (Ovibos moschatus) on the tundra, Dovrefjell, Norway

Tall-fin Batfish (Platax teira) school in murky water with Striped Puffer (Arothron manilensis) in background, Pier dive site, Ambon, Maluku Province,...

Briareum Phyllodesmium Nudibranch (Phyllodesmium briareum), Mutiara dive site, Bunaken, Manado, Sulawesi, Indonesia

Bedford's Flatworm (Pseudobiceros bedfordi) free-swimming, Circus dive site, Bunaken, Manado, Sulawesi, Indonesia

Comet (Calloplesiops altivelis) outside hole, Nudi Falls dive site, Lembeh Straits, Sulawesi, Indonesia

Common Sea Star (Archaster typicus) with small parasitic snails, night dive, TK1 dive site, Lembeh Straits, Sulawesi, Indonesia

Margined Flatworm (Callioplana marginata), night dive, TK1 dive site, Lembeh Straits, Sulawesi, Indonesia

Cockatoo Waspfish (Ablabys taenianotus) with open mouth, TK1 dive site, Lembeh Straits, Sulawesi, Indonesia

Pyrosome (Pyrosomatidae Family), Rojos dive site, Lembeh Straits, Sulawesi, Indonesia

Orange-lined Cardinalfish (Taeniamia fucata), Manukuari, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia

Scaly Chromis (Chromis lepidolepis), Junkyard, Sansopor Raru, Cendrawasih Bay, West Papua, Indonesia

School of Bigeye Snapper (Lutjanus lutjanus) over wreck, Junkyard dive site, Sansopor Raru, Cendrawasih Bay, West Papua, Indonesia

Yellowtail Fusilier (Caesio cuning), Mangrove Ridge dive site, West Waigeo, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia

Ornate Ghost Pipefish (Solenostomus paradoxus), Aw Shucks dive site, Lembeh Straits, Sulawesi, Indonesia

Cockerel Wrasse (Pteragogus enneacanthus), Nudi Retreat dive site, Lembeh Straits, Sulawesi, Indonesia

Clark's Anemonefish (Amphiprion clarkii), Makawide Slope dive site, Lembeh Straits, Sulawesi, Indonesia

Bluespotted Cornetfish (Fistularia commersonii), TK1 dive site, Lembeh Straits, Sulawesi, Indonesia