A blend of schooling fish swims across a reef near the Island of Bonaire.

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Various members of the surgeonfish family, Blue tang (Acanthurus coeruleus), Ocean surgeonfish (Acanthurus bahianus), and Doctorfish (Acanthurus chirurgus), join forces to attain safety in numbers on the coral reefs of Bonaire, Netherlands, February 2, 2009.

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Size: 5616px × 3744px
Location: Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles
Photo credit: © Stephen Frink / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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