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Title: Foureye Butterflyfish Feeding, Cayman Islands
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A foureye butterflyfish (Chaetodon capistratus) feeding on boulder brain coral (Colpophyllia natans) on a reef. This coral is infected with stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD) and the butterflyfish is feeding on the line of infection, something I have noticed them doing on multiple occassions. East End, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, British West Indies. Caribbean Sea.
- Anthozoans: Anthozoa
- boulder brain coral: Colpophyllia natans
- British West Indies
- Caribbean Sea
- Cayman
- Cayman Islands
- Cnidarians: Cnidaria
- coral reef
- East End
- Faviidae
- Faviina
- Grand Cayman
- Invertebrates
- Marine Life
- Stony Corals: Scleractina: Scleractinia
- stony coral tissue loss disease
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