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Title: Snappers and Cardinfish Surround Black Coral, Indonesia
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A school of bigeye snappers (Lutjanus lutjanus) sweep over a black coral bush (Antipathes sp.) filled with orange-lined cardinalfish (Apogon cyanosoma) and red-spot cardinalfish (Ostorhinchus parvulus) on a coral reef. Friwinbonda Island, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia. Dampier Strait, Tropical West Pacific Ocean.
- Anthozoans: Anthozoa
- bigeye snapper: Lutjanus lutjan
- Bird's Head Seascape
- black coral: Antipathes sp.
- Bony Fishes: Osteichthyes
- Cardinalfishes: Apogonidae
- Ceram Sea
- Cnidarians: Cnidaria
- coral reef
- Dampier Strait
- Fishes
- Indonesia
- Invertebrates
- Kri Island Island
- Lembeh Strait
- Marine Life
- Mushroom Corals: Fungiids
- orange-lined cardinalfish: Apog
- Pacific Ocean
- Raja Ampat
- red-spot cardinalfish: Ostorhin
- Snappers: Lutjanidae
- South East Asia
- Stony Corals: Scleractina: Scle
- tropical
- West Papua
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