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Title: Mantas And Snappers. Maldives
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A pair of reef manta (Mobula alfredi) visiting a cleaning station on a coral reef with a school of blueline snapper (bluestriped snapper: bluestripe snapper: Lutjanus kasmira). South Ari Atoll, Maldives. Indian Ocean.
Note that the manta ray has been recently reclassified into the genus Mobula (Whyte et al., 2017).
Note that the manta ray has been recently reclassified into the genus Mobula (Whyte et al., 2017).
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- blueline snapper: bluestriped snapper: bluestripe snapper: Lutja
- Bony Fishes: Osteichthyes
- coral reef
- Fishes
- Indian Ocean
- Maldives
- Marine Life
- reef manta: Mobula alfredi
- Snappers: Lutjanidae
- South Ari Atoll
- tropical
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