Checkerboard wrasse

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Checkerboard wrasse (Halichoeres hortulanus, centre) and a goatfish (family Mullidae) searching the sediment for food. Photographed off Egypt, Red Sea.

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