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Title: Grouper Ambush, Indonesia
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A coral grouper (Cephalopholis miniata) waits in ambush, hiding against a seafan (Annella sp.) hunting silversides (Atherinidae), with schooling bigeye snapper (Lutjanus lutjanus) behind. Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia. Ceram Sea. Tropical West Pacific Ocean.
- Annella sp.
- bigeye snapper: Lutjanus lutjanus
- Bird's Head Seascape
- Bony Fishes: Osteichthyes
- Boo Islands
- Ceram Sea
- Cnidarians: Cnidaria
- coral grouper: Cephalopholis miniata
- coral reef
- Fishes
- Groupers: Serranids: Serranidae
- Indonesia
- Invertebrates
- Marine Life
- Misool
- Misool Marine Protected Area
- Pacific Ocean
- Raja Ampat
- Retra Pro Flash
- sea fan
- Snappers: Lutjanidae
- soft coral
- South East Asia
- tropical
- West Papua
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