Clown coris (Coris aygula) hunting for prey on a sea grass bed. This fish feeds on hard- shelled invertebrates such as shelled molluscs, crustaceans a

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Clown coris (Coris aygula) hunting for prey on a sea grass bed. This fish feeds on hard- shelled invertebrates such as shelled molluscs, crustaceans and sea urchins. It can reach a length of around 70 centimetres. It displays marked colour variations depending on its age and sex. it is found throughout the tropical Indo-Pacific region, from east Africa to the Pacific islands. Photographed in the Egyptian Red Sea.

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Photo credit: © GEORGETTE DOUWMA/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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Keywords: animal, aygula, biological, biology, clown, coris, egypt, fauna, fish, grass, hunting, marine, nature, red, sandy, sea, seabed, single, tropical, underwater, wildlife, wrasse, zoological, zoology