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Title: Elkhorn Dormitary, Cuba
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A mixed school of bluestriped grunts (Haemulon sciurus), french grunts (Haemulon flavolineatum) and schoolmasters ( Lutjanus apodus) shelter in elkhorn corals (Acropora palmata) growing in shallow water. These species all disperse to feed at night. 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
- coral reef
- Cuba
- elkhorn coral: Acropora palmata
- Fishes
- Gardens of the Queen
- Grunts: Haemulidae
- Invertebrates
- Jardines de la Reina National Park
- Marine Life
- schoolmaster snapper: schoolmaster: Lutjanus apodus
- Snappers: Lutjanidae
- Stony Corals: Scleractina: Scleractinia
- tropical
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