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Title: Jawfish In Coral, Cayman Islands
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A young banded jawfish (Opistognathus macrognathus) living in a hole in a mountainous star coral (Orbicella faveolata) on a reef. Jawfish typically live in burrows they construct in the sand, so this is an unusal sight. East End, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, British West Indies. Caribbean Sea.
- banded jawfish: Opistognathus m
- Bony Fishes: Osteichthyes
- British West Indies
- Caribbean Sea
- Cayman
- Cayman Islands
- East End
- Fishes
- Grand Cayman
- Jawfishes: Opistognathidae
- Marine Life
- Retra Maxi
- star coral: mountainous star co
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