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Title: Eating Coral Spawn, Maldives
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A midnight snapper (Macolor macularis) sucks up gametes from a spawning coral (Pocillopora sp.) during the day on a coral reef. Although large, midnight snappers regularly feed on eggs. North Male Atoll, Maldives. Indian Ocean.
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- Bony Fishes: Osteichthyes
- coral reef
- coral spawning
- Fishes
- Indian Ocean
- Maldives
- Marine Life
- midnight snapper: Macolor macul
- North Male Atoll
- Pocillopora sp.
- Retra Maxi
- Snappers: Lutjanidae
- tropical
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