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Title: Hammerhead At Night. Bahamas
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A portrait of a female great hammerhead shark (Sphyrna mokarran) in shallow water at night. The hammer-shaped head improves manouverability for catching prey, provides enhanced senses (such as a wide spread of ampullae of Lorenzini and steroscopic vision). South Bimini, Bahamas. The Bahamas National Shark Sanctuary. Gulf Stream, West Atlantic Ocean.
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- Bahamas
- Bahamas National Shark Sanctuary
- Bimini
- Cartilaginous Fishes: Chondrichthyes
- Epic Diving
- Fishes
- great hammerhead shark: Sphyrna mokarran
- Ground Sharks: Carcharhiniformes
- Gulf Stream
- Hammerhead Sharks: Sphyrnidae
- Marine Life
- Sharks
- Tropical West Atlantic Ocean