Remoras On Whalesharks

A whale shark, Rhincodon typus, swims past the camera while covered in remoras, Echeneis naucrates, Cendrawasih Bay, Papua Province, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean

A whale shark, Rhincodon typus, swims up and over the camera showing its white belly and numerous hitchhiking remoras, Echeneis naucrates, Cendrawasih Bay, Papua, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean

A whale shark, Rhincodon typus, vertically feeding under a bagan, a traditional Indonesian drop net fishing boat, Cendrawasih Bay, Papua Province, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean

Two whale sharks, Rhincodon typus, swim far below in the blue, panning to a third swimming beside the camera, Cendrawasih Bay, Papua Province, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean

Following a whale shark, Rhincodon typus, from above and behind, Cendrawasih Bay, Papua Province, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean

A whale shark, Rhincodon typus, rises up from the deep to inspect the fishing nets under a bagan, a traditional net fishing boat in Cendrawasih Bay, Papua, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean