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Title: Dolphins Hunting, Nurse Shark Protecting. Bahamas
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Two Atlantic spotted dolphins (Stenella frontalis) hunting a school of palometa fish (Trachinotus goodei) that have surrounded a nurse shark ( Ginglymostoma cirratum) for protection. South Bimini, Bahamas. The Bahamas National Shark Sanctuary. Gulf Stream, West Atlantic Ocean.
- Atlantic spotted dolphin: Stenella frontalis
- Bahamas
- Bahamas National Shark Sanctuary
- Bimini
- Bony Fishes: Osteichthyes
- Carpetsharks: Orectolobiformes
- Cartilaginous Fishes: Chondrichthyes
- Cetaceans: Cetacea
- Epic Diving
- Fishes
- Gulf Stream
- Jacks: Carangidae
- Mammalia
- Marine Dolphins: Delphinidae
- Marine Life
- Marine Mammals
- nurse shark: Ginglymostoma cirratum
- Nurse Sharks: Ginglymostomatidae
- palometa: Trachinotus goodei
- Sharks
- Tropical West Atlantic Ocean
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