Sandbar Shark
Sandbar Shark (Carcharhinus plumbeus) at Vertical Awareness in black and white.
Sandbar Shark (Carcharhinus plumbeus) over volcanic rock in black and white.
Tall dorsal
The Sandbar Shark (Carcharhinus plumbeus) is characterized by its very tall and forward positioned first dorsal fin.
The Sandbar Shark (Carcharhinus plumbeus) is characterized by an interdorsal ridge that can be observed from a downward vantage point.
Grey Reefshark
A male Grey Reefshark (Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos) cruises by Pyramid Point, Lehua Rock at the north end of Niihau.
A Grey Reefshark (Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos) cruises by Pyramid Point, Lehua Rock at the north end of Niihau.
It came out of the blue
It came out of the blue: a Sandbar Shark (Carcharhinus plumbeus) approached me while at the dive site Pyramid Point, Lehua Rock off Niihau, Hawaii.
This female Sandbar Shark (Carcharhinus plumbeus) cruised past me while diving Pyramid Point, a Lehua Rock dive site at Niihau, Hawaii
Female Sandbar Shark
Upward view a female Sandbar Shark (Carcharhinus plumbeus) at Pyramid Point, a Lehua Rock dive site off Niihau, Hawaii.
Whitetip Reef Shark
A male Whitetip Reef Shark (Triaenodon obesus) passes through a submeregd tunnel at the Niihau Arches dive site. The shark's claspers (copulatory organs) are clearly visible trailing posteriorly from between the pelvic fins towards the anal fin.
In the blue
Sandbar Shark (Carcharhinus plumbeus) in the blue off Niihau, Hawaii.
Niihau shark scenery
A Sandbar Shark (Carcharhinus plumbeus) crosses my path on a submerged pinnacle at the Vertical Awareness dive site off Niihau, Hawaii.
Mano lalakea, Whitetip Reef Shark
Whitetipped Reefshark (triaenodon obesus) resting under an overhang in Molokini's backwall. This is located offshore of Maui, Hawaii, USA. The Hawaiian name is Mano lalakea.
Hawaiian Saddle Wrasse approach to clean a Reef Manta Ray of parasites
Endemic Hawaiian Saddle Wrasse (Thalassoma duperrey) approach to clean a Reef Manta Ray a.k.a Coastal Manta Ray (Mobula (formerly Manta) alfredi) of parasites at a reef cleaning station off the Kona coast, Hawaii.
