Five examples of the varied marine life are as follows.
There
are over 12 species of sharks with no known attacks on man, 2
species of hammerheads.
5 species of rays (stingrays, golden ray, marbled ray, spotted
eagle ray and manta rays), 18 types of morays, the more common
tiger shark, black-tip shark and the whale and gray reef shark. |
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The marine mammals frequenting the water ocean are the dolphins
along with their extended family the bottle-nosed and common
species.
The whales species include the Brydes whales, pilot whale, Minke
whale, blue whale and Cuviers whale who traverse the complete
island range although Fernandina and Isabela Islands are considered hot spots for viewing these whales.
In addition there are numerous starfish, urchins and crustaceans
as well as sea cucumbers bobbing around.
Most visitors to the Galapagos spend very
little time under the water and at that, mostly to do some casual
snorkeling. The vast majority of the marine life is therefore seen
by very tourist. |
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