Migration, aggregation, and philopatry of two nearshore elasmobranch species in the Southern California Bight
A-bel Y. Gong, Andrew P. Nosal, Daniel P. Cartamil, James M. Anderson, Lyall F. Bellquist, Noah J. Ben-Aderet, Kayla M. Blincow, Echelle S. Burns, Chris Caldow, Ryan M. Freedman, Ryan K. Logan, Christopher G. Lowe, Brice X. Semmens, Brian S. Stirling, Connor F. White, Philip A. Hastings
Unmanned aerial vehicle (drone) video clip captured on July 28, 2021, over La Jolla Shores Beach, California, showing at least 20 shovelnose guitarfish resting on the bottom, while leopard sharks swim over them. The guitarfish are cryptically colored, being just slightly darker than the sand beneath them, and are roughly tear-drop-shaped.
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Unmanned aerial vehicle (drone) video clip captured on August 10, 2019, over La Jolla Shores Beach, California, showing at least 50 bat rays of different sizes swimming amongst leopard sharks.
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Unmanned aerial vehicle (drone) video clip captured on August 24, 2020, over La Jolla Shores Beach, California, showing 2 shovelnose guitarfish exhibiting mating behavior. The lighter-colored guitarfish swings its claspers out as it swims in circles.