Hunting coalition of blue goatfish, bluefin jacks, and whitemouth moray eel; Yellow tang swims past; Kona, Hawaii

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hunting coalition of blue goatfish or gold-saddle goatfish, Parupeneus cyclostomus, with bluefin jacks or omilu or bluefin trevally, Caranx melampygus, and a whitemouth moray eel, Gymnothorax meleagris (herbivorous yellow tang is merely an onlooker), Kohanaiki, North Kona, Hawaii ( the Big Island ), USA ( Central Pacific Ocean )

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Size: 6849px × 4566px
Location: Kona, Hawaii, USA
Photo credit: © Doug Perrine / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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