Schooling Cubera Snapper (Lutjanus cyanopterus) in Gladden Spit, Belize, during the full moon.

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Schooling Cubera Snapper (Lutjanus cyanopterus) in Gladden Spit, Belize, during the full moon in April 2010. This snapper and other reef fish species congegrate at the protected site to spawn, and it's one of the largest gatherings of fish in the Caribbean. This snapper species is listed as vulnerable in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.

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Size: 5586px × 3717px
Location: Belize
Photo credit: © Michael Patrick O'Neill / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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