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The mandarinfish lives in western Pacific tropical coral reef ecosystems and lacks the scales that are typically seen on bony fish.
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Mandarinfish Duo

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Corallimorpharian
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Soft Coral Close-Up

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A pearly razorfish
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Pearly Razorfish

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A coral catshark
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Coral Catshark

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Red coral necklaces in a display window. Harvesting deep-sea coral to produce jewelry like this threatens these ecosystems.
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Coral for Sale

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Pygmy Seahorse Blends Into its Environment
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Eye to Eye With a Pygmy Seahorse

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The 2012 Indonesian Biodiversity Research Center dive class stand in a group together
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Scuba Diving Course a Success for IBRC Students

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Smithsonian zoologist Dr. Steve Cairns named and described this deep-sea coral species, Stephanocyathus paliferus, now preserved at the National Museum of Natural History.
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Corals at the Smithsonian

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Dr. Valerie Paul, director of the Smithsonian Marine Station at Fort Pierce, Fla., examines tropical seaweeds on northwestern Guam’s coral reefs.
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Diving in Guam

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Syllid fireworms can be found mainly on the seafloor, but they switch to a planktonic form to reproduce, where the females use bioluminescent signals.
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Syllid Fireworms

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Many species of pink coralline algae, which cements coral reefs together, cover a reef surface in the Southern Line Islands.
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Pink Coralline Algae

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Two coral trout swim on a reef in Fiji.
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Having Your Fish and Eating Them Too

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