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Title: Elkhorn Shelters Grunts, Cayman Islands
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A shoal of caesar grunts (Haemulon carbonarium) rest beneath the branches of an elkhorn coral (Acropora palmata) on a coral reef. These fish wil disperse at night to feed. East End, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, British West Indies. Caribbean Sea.
- Acroporidae
- Anthozoans: Anthozoa
- Astrocoeniina
- Bony Fishes: Osteichthyes
- British West Indies
- Caesar grunt: Haemulon carbonarium
- Caribbean Sea
- Cayman Islands
- Cnidarians: Cnidaria
- East End
- elkhorn coral: Acropora palmata
- Fishes
- Grand Cayman
- Grunts: Haemulidae
- Invertebrates
- Marine Life
- Stony Corals: Scleractina: Scleractinia
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