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Mother and Calf

Caption: A mother-calf pair of the population most heavily targeted by yellowfin purse-seine fishery, the northeastern pantropical spotted dolphin (Stenella attenuata attenuata).

Credit: NOAA Fisheries, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, Protected Resources Division.

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