male pelagic thresher shark or fox shark, Alopias pelagicus, being cleaned of parasites by cleaner fish at a cleaning station, Monad Shoal, off Malapa


male pelagic thresher shark or fox shark, Alopias pelagicus, being cleaned of parasites by cleaner fish at a cleaning station, Monad Shoal, off Malapascua, Cebu, Philippines ( Visayan Sea, Western Pacific Ocean )


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Location: Malapascua Island, Daanbantayan, Philippines
Photo credit: © Doug Perrine / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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