Atlantic sailfish, Istiophorus albicans, feeding on sardines, Mexico ( Caribbean Sea )

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Atlantic sailfish, Istiophorus albicans, swallows a sardine it has just taken from a bait ball of Spanish sardines (aka gilt sardine, pilchard, or round sardinella ), Sardinella aurita, off Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico ( Caribbean Sea )

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Size: 5400px × 3599px
Location: Yucatan, Quintana Roo, Mexico, Caribbean Sea
Photo credit: © Doug Perrine / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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