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Title: The Hunt Is On, Indonesia
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A group of goatfish (yellow goatfish: Mulloidichthys martinicus) descend on a coralhead to hunt for small fishes, and are joined by napoleon wrasse (Cheilinus undulatus). Meanwhile the territorial predator, a coral grouper (Cephalopholis miniata) watches on unable to chase these large fish from its patch. Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia. Ceram Sea. Tropical West Pacific Ocean.
- 13.0 Nikonos
- Bird's Head Seascape
- Bony Fishes: Osteichthyes
- Ceram Sea
- coral grouper: Cephalopholis mi
- coral reef
- Fishes
- Goatfishes: Mullidae
- Groupers: Serranids: Serranidae
- Indonesia
- Marine Life
- Misool
- Misool Marine Protected Area
- Nikonos 13mm
- Pacific Ocean
- Raja Ampat
- soft coral: Dendronephthya sp.
- South East Asia
- tropical
- West Papua
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- yellow goatfish: Mulloidichthys
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