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Title: Reef Scene. Cayman Islands
Filename: CAY20_am-10620.jpg
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A colourful coral reef wall, with a mutton snapper (Lutjanus analis) swimming over yellow branching tube sponges (Pseudoceratina crassa), brown tube sponges (Agelas conifera) and red rope sponges (Amphimedon compressa), in front of deepwater sea fans (Iciligorgia nodulifera). This photo was taken using an aperture of f/5.6 using the Nauticam WACP-2 lens. East End, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, British West Indies. Caribbean Sea.
- Bony Fishes: Osteichthyes
- branching tube sponge: Pseudoceratina crassa
- British West Indies
- brown tube sponge: Agelas conifera
- Caribbean Sea
- Cayman Islands
- East End
- Fishes
- Grand Cayman
- Invertebrates
- Marine Life
- mutton snapper: Lutjanus analis
- red rope sponge: erect rope sponge: Aphimedon compressa
- Siliceous Sponges: Demospongiae
- Snappers: Lutjanidae
- Sponges: Porifera
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