Swallowtail cardinalfish (Rhabdamia cypselura) school swimming in black coral. These small reef fish form large schools, floating in the water at nigh

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Swallowtail cardinalfish (Rhabdamia cypselura) school swimming in black coral. These small reef fish form large schools, floating in the water at night to eat plankton. They reach 6 centimetres in length, and are found in the tropical Indo-Pacific region. Photographed in the Indian Ocean, off the Maldives.

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