Red lionfish hunting over a coral reef. Red lionfish (Pterois volitans) hunting pygmy sweepers (Parapriacanthus ransonneti) on a coral reef, with red

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Red lionfish hunting over a coral reef. Red lionfish (Pterois volitans) hunting pygmy sweepers (Parapriacanthus ransonneti) on a coral reef, with red sea whips at lower right. Photographed off the Similan Islands of the Andaman Sea, Thailand.

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Photo credit: © GEORGETTE DOUWMA/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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