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Title: Elkhorn Coral Community, Cuba
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A school of bluestriped grunt (Haemulon sciurus), schoolmaster snapper (schoolmaster: Lutjanus apodus) and porkfish (Anisotremus virginicus) spend the day sheltering beneath the branches of the critically endangered elkhorn coral (Acropora palmata), before dispersing at night to feed. Jardines de la Reina, Gardens of the Queen National Park, Cuba. Caribbean Sea.
- Acroporidae
- Anthozoans: Anthozoa
- Astrocoeniina
- bluestriped grunt: Haemulon sciurus
- Bony Fishes: Osteichthyes
- Caribbean Sea
- Cnidarians: Cnidaria
- Cuba
- elkhorn coral: Acropora palmata
- Fishes
- Gardens of the Queen
- Grunts: Haemulidae
- Invertebrates
- Jardines de la Reina National Park
- Marine Life
- porkfish: Anisotremus virginicus
- schoolmaster snapper: schoolmaster: Lutjanus apodus
- Snappers: Lutjanidae
- Stony Corals: Scleractina: Scleractinia
- tropical
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