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		                 Blue damselfish (Indonesia)
 
		                 Batfish in Komodo (Indonesia)
 
		                 Komodo's coralscape (Indonesia)
 
		                 Komodo's coralscape (Indonesia)
 
		                 Batfish in Komodo (Indonesia)
 
		                ![Great Blue Hole [belize_0333]](http://travel.mongabay.com/belize/150/belize_0333.JPG) Great Blue Hole [belize_0333] (Belize)
 
		                ![Hastings Reef on the Great Barrier Reef [australia_great_barrier_reef_0230]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/i/australia/150/australia_great_barrier_reef_0230.jpg) Hastings Reef on the Great Barrier Reef [australia_great_barrier_reef_0230] (Australia)
 
		                 Komodo's coralscape (Indonesia)
 
		                 Blue damsels (Indonesia)
 
		                 Clownfish (Indonesia)
 
		                 Soft coral (Indonesia)
 
		                 Moray eel (Indonesia)
 
		                 Shallow seas off Komodo Island (Indonesia)
 
		                 Shallow seas off Komodo Island (Indonesia)
 
		                ![Hastings Reef on Australia's Great Barrier Reef [australia_great_barrier_reef_0227]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/i/australia/150/australia_great_barrier_reef_0227.jpg) Hastings Reef on Australia's Great Barrier Reef [australia_great_barrier_reef_0227] (Australia)
 
		                 Sea anemone (Indonesia)
 
		                ![Great Barrier Reef [australia_great_barrier_reef_0061]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/i/australia/150/australia_great_barrier_reef_0061.jpg) Great Barrier Reef [australia_great_barrier_reef_0061] (Australia)
 
		                ![Giant sea sponge [belize_uw0087]](http://travel.mongabay.com/belize/150/belize_uw0087.JPG) Giant sea sponge [belize_uw0087] (Belize)
 
		                 Komodo's coralscape (Indonesia)
 
		                 Anemones and clownfish on a reef near Komodo (Indonesia)
 
		                 Damselfish, coral, and sea anemones (Indonesia)
 
		                 Clownfish (Indonesia)
 
		                ![Hastings Reef on the GBR [australia_great_barrier_reef_0157]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/i/australia/150/australia_great_barrier_reef_0157.jpg) Hastings Reef on the GBR [australia_great_barrier_reef_0157] (Australia)
 
		                 Komodo coral (Indonesia)
 
		                 Nain and Montehage islands (Indonesia)
 
		                 Blue damselfish (Indonesia)
 
		                 Anemone (Indonesia)
 
		                 Komodo's coralscape (Indonesia)
 
		                 Batfish in Komodo (Indonesia)
 
		                 Coral fish in Komodo (Indonesia)
 
		                ![Hastings Reef on the GBR [australia_great_barrier_reef_0173]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/i/australia/150/australia_great_barrier_reef_0173.jpg) Hastings Reef on the GBR [australia_great_barrier_reef_0173] (Australia)
 
		                ![Australia's Great Barrier Reef [australia_great_barrier_reef_0392]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/i/australia/150/australia_great_barrier_reef_0392.jpg) Australia's Great Barrier Reef [australia_great_barrier_reef_0392] (Australia)
 
		                 Batfish in Komodo (Indonesia)
 
		                 Fish (Indonesia)
 
		                 Komodo corals (Indonesia)
 
		                 Komodo corals (Indonesia)
 
		                 Coral reef in Komodo (Indonesia)
 
		                 Anemone (Indonesia)
 
		                 Komodo corals (Indonesia)
 
		                ![Australia's Great Barrier Reef [australia_great_barrier_reef_0069]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/i/australia/150/australia_great_barrier_reef_0069.jpg) Australia's Great Barrier Reef [australia_great_barrier_reef_0069] (Australia)
 
		                 Coral and sea anemones (Indonesia)
 
		                 Coral and sea anemones (Indonesia)
 
		                 Anemones and clownfish on a reef near Komodo (Indonesia)
 
		                 Komodo's coralscape (Indonesia)
 
		                 Blue damselfish (Indonesia)
 
		                 Sealife in Komodo (Indonesia)
 
		                 Dive boat on a beach in Sulawesi (Indonesia)
 
		                 Blue damselfish (Indonesia)
 
		                 Soft coral (Indonesia)
 
		                 Shallow seas off Komodo Island (Indonesia)
 
		                 Komodo corals (Indonesia)
 
		                 Sealife in Komodo (Indonesia)
 
		                 Coral and sea anemones (Indonesia)
 
		                 Damselfish, coral, and sea anemones (Indonesia)
 
		                 Shallow seas off Komodo Island (Indonesia)
 
		                 Sulawesi mainland seen from Bundaken at sunset (Indonesia)
 
		                ![Hastings Reef on the Great Barrier Reef [australia_great_barrier_reef_0194]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/i/australia/150/australia_great_barrier_reef_0194.jpg) Hastings Reef on the Great Barrier Reef [australia_great_barrier_reef_0194] (Australia)
 
		                 Coral reef in Komodo (Indonesia)
 
		                 Sealife in Komodo (Indonesia)
 
		                ![Ocean off Far Northeastern Queensland [australia_road_to_daintree_167]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/i/australia/150/australia_road_to_daintree_167.jpg) Ocean off Far Northeastern Queensland [australia_road_to_daintree_167] (Australia)
 
		                 Komodo's coralscape (Indonesia)
 
		                 Coral reef fish in Komodo (Indonesia)
 
		                 Batfish in Komodo (Indonesia)
 
		                 Clownfish (Indonesia)
 
		                 Komodo's coralscape (Indonesia)
 
		                 Kelor island (Indonesia)
 
		                 Komodo's coralscape (Indonesia)
 
		                 Yellow anemone (Indonesia)
 
		                 Batfish in Komodo (Indonesia)
 
		                 Damselfish (Indonesia)
 
		                 Anemones and clownfish on a reef near Komodo (Indonesia)
 
		                 Indonesian sunset (Indonesia)
 
		                 Orbicular batfish in Komodo (Indonesia)
 
		                 Blue-lipped clam (Indonesia)
 
		                 Komodo's coralscape (Indonesia)
 
		                ![Great Barrier Reef off Australia [australia_great_barrier_reef_0135]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/i/australia/150/australia_great_barrier_reef_0135.jpg) Great Barrier Reef off Australia [australia_great_barrier_reef_0135] (Australia)
 
		                 Batfish in Komodo (Indonesia)
 
		                 Anemone and coral in Komodo (Indonesia)
 
		                 Komodo corals (Indonesia)
 
		                 Clownfish (Indonesia)
 
		                 Anemone (Indonesia)
 
		                ![Great Blue Hole [belize_0324]](http://travel.mongabay.com/belize/150/belize_0324.JPG) Great Blue Hole [belize_0324] (Belize)
 
		                 Blue-lipped clam (Indonesia)
 
		                 Anemone (Indonesia)
 
		                 Pacific coast waves (United States)
 
		                 Clownfish (Indonesia)
 
		                 Clownfish (Indonesia)
 
		                 Orbicular batfish in Komodo (Indonesia)
 
		                ![Hastings Reef on the GBR [australia_great_barrier_reef_0249]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/i/australia/150/australia_great_barrier_reef_0249.jpg) Hastings Reef on the GBR [australia_great_barrier_reef_0249] (Australia)
 
		                 Batfish in Komodo (Indonesia)
 
		                 Batfish in Komodo (Indonesia)
 
		                ![Waves breaking on a beach in Ujung Kulon [java_0316]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/indonesia-java/150/java_0316.jpg) Waves breaking on a beach in Ujung Kulon [java_0316] (Indonesia)
 
		                 Sea anemone (Indonesia)
 
		                 Purple soft coral (Belize)
 
		                 Anemone and coral in Komodo (Indonesia)
 
		                 Coral fish in Komodo (Indonesia)
 
		                 A pelican at Cabo Rojo in the Dominican Republic. (Dominican Republic)
 
		                 Anemones and clownfish on a reef near Komodo (Indonesia)
 
		                 Turquoise waters of Lighthouse Reef (Belize)
 
		                 Above and below the surface on Komodo's coral reef (Indonesia)
 
		                 Above and below the surface on Komodo's coral reef (Indonesia)
 
		                 White anemone (Indonesia)
 
		                 Jellyfish in the Komodo Sea (Indonesia)
 
		                 Clownfish (Indonesia)
 
		                ![Great Barrier Reef near Cairns [australia_great_barrier_reef_0043]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/i/australia/150/australia_great_barrier_reef_0043.jpg) Great Barrier Reef near Cairns [australia_great_barrier_reef_0043] (Australia)
 
		                 Coral fish in Komodo (Indonesia)
 
		                 Damselfish (Indonesia)
 
		                 Blue damselfish (Indonesia)
 
		                 Anemone and coral in Komodo (Indonesia)
 
		                 Komodo corals (Indonesia)
 
		                 Batfish in Komodo (Indonesia)
 
		                 Coral fish (Indonesia)
 
		                 Clownfish (Indonesia)
 
		                ![Hastings Reef in Australia [australia_great_barrier_reef_0152]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/i/australia/150/australia_great_barrier_reef_0152.jpg) Hastings Reef in Australia [australia_great_barrier_reef_0152] (Australia)
 
		                 Turquoise sea cucumber (Indonesia)
 
		                 Batfish in Komodo (Indonesia)
 
		                 Coral fish in Komodo (Indonesia)
 
		                ![Hastings Reef on Australia's Great Barrier Reef [australia_great_barrier_reef_0231]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/i/australia/150/australia_great_barrier_reef_0231.jpg) Hastings Reef on Australia's Great Barrier Reef [australia_great_barrier_reef_0231] (Australia)
 
		                 Orbicular batfish in Komodo (Indonesia)
 
		                 Shallow seas off Komodo Island (Indonesia)
 
		                 Batfish in Komodo (Indonesia)
 
		                 Clownfish (Indonesia)
 
		                 Purple soft corals (Indonesia)
 
		                 Bunaken sunset with Manado Tua volcano in the background (Indonesia)
 
		                 Clownfish (Indonesia)
 
		                 Coral reef fish in Komodo (Indonesia)
 
		                 Tidepool on Bunaken Island with Siladen in the distance (Indonesia)
 
		                ![Great Barrier Reef off Australia [australia_great_barrier_reef_0353]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/i/australia/150/australia_great_barrier_reef_0353.jpg) Great Barrier Reef off Australia [australia_great_barrier_reef_0353] (Australia)
 
		                 Coral reef in Komodo (Indonesia)
 
		                 Clownfish (Indonesia)
 
		                 Batfish in Komodo (Indonesia)
 
		                 Coral reef in Komodo (Indonesia)
 
		                 Coral and sea anemones (Indonesia)
 
		                 Above and below the surface on Komodo's coral reef (Indonesia)
 
		                 Indonesia sunset (Indonesia)
 
		                 Coral and sea anemones (Indonesia)
 
		                 Batfish in Komodo (Indonesia)
 
		                 Soft coral (Indonesia)
 
		                 Komodo's coralscape (Indonesia)
 
		                 Shallow seas off Komodo Island (Indonesia)
 
		                 Coral reef in Komodo (Indonesia)
 
		                 Sponge (Indonesia)
 
		                ![Great Barrier Reef near Cairns [australia_great_barrier_reef_0057]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/i/australia/150/australia_great_barrier_reef_0057.jpg) Great Barrier Reef near Cairns [australia_great_barrier_reef_0057] (Australia)
 
		                 Coral and sea anemones (Indonesia)
 
		                 Coral reef fish in Komodo (Indonesia)
 
		                 Blue starfish (Indonesia)
 
		                 Anemone and coral in Komodo (Indonesia)
 
		                 Komodo's coralscape (Indonesia)
 
		                 Sea anemone (Indonesia)
 
		                 Clownfish (Indonesia)
 
		                 Batfish in Komodo (Indonesia)
 
		                 Coral reef in Komodo - above and below water shot (Indonesia)
 
		                 Komodo coral (Indonesia)
 
		                 Fish (Indonesia)
 
		                 Komodo's coralscape (Indonesia)
 
		                ![Australia's GBR [australia_great_barrier_reef_0404]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/i/australia/150/australia_great_barrier_reef_0404.jpg) Australia's GBR [australia_great_barrier_reef_0404] (Australia)
 
		                 Sea anemone (Indonesia)
 
		                 Indonesia sunset (Indonesia)
 
		                 Coral and sea anemones (Indonesia)
 
		                 Anemone and coral in Komodo (Indonesia)
 
		                 Anemone and coral in Komodo (Indonesia)
 
		                 Bunaken tidepools at low tide with Siladen in the background (Indonesia)
 
		                 Komodo corals (Indonesia)
 
		                 Blue damselfish (Indonesia)
 
		                 Anemone (Indonesia)
 
		                 Komodo's coralscape (Indonesia)
 
		                 Yellow anemone (Indonesia)
 
		                 Parrotfish in Komodo (Indonesia)
 
		                 Komodo coralscape (Indonesia)
 
		                 Shallow seas off Komodo Island (Indonesia)
 
		                 Komodo's coralscape (Indonesia)
 
		                 Coral reef fish in Komodo (Indonesia)
 
		                 Above and below the surface on Komodo's coral reef (Indonesia)
 
		                 Coral (Indonesia)
 
		                 Clownfish (Indonesia)
 
		                 Komodo reef (Indonesia)
 
		                 Clown fish and sea anemones (Indonesia)
 
		                 Blue damselfish (Indonesia)
 
		                 Komodo corals (Indonesia)
 
		                 Green coral (Indonesia)
 
		                 Komodo corals (Indonesia)
 
		                 Clownfish (Indonesia)
 
		                 Transparent shrimp with blue and white markings (Belize)
 
		                ![Coral on Australia's Great Barrier Reef [australia_great_barrier_reef_0028]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/i/australia/150/australia_great_barrier_reef_0028.jpg) Coral on Australia's Great Barrier Reef [australia_great_barrier_reef_0028] (Australia)
 
		                 Orbicular batfish in Komodo (Indonesia)
 
		                 Yellow anemone (Indonesia)
 
		                ![Great Barrier Reef off Australia [australia_great_barrier_reef_0332]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/i/australia/150/australia_great_barrier_reef_0332.jpg) Great Barrier Reef off Australia [australia_great_barrier_reef_0332] (Australia)
 
		                 Komodo's coralscape (Indonesia)
 
		                 Komodo corals (Indonesia)
 
		                 Purple soft corals (Indonesia)
 
		                 Clownfish (Indonesia)
 
		                 Clownfish (Indonesia)
 
		                 Above and below the surface on Komodo's coral reef (Indonesia)
 
		                 Orbicular batfish in Komodo (Indonesia)
 
		                 Sealife in Komodo (Indonesia)
 
		                 Coralscape (Indonesia)
 
		                 Jellyfish in the Komodo Sea (Indonesia)
 
		                 White anemone (Indonesia)
 
		                 Komodo's coralscape (Indonesia)
 
		                 Clownfish (Indonesia)
 
		                 Komodo's coralscape (Indonesia)
 
		                 Damselfish, coral, and sea anemones (Indonesia)
 
		                 Komodo's coralscape (Indonesia)
 
		                ![Ship off Peucang Island [java_0141]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/indonesia-java/150/java_0141.jpg) Ship off Peucang Island [java_0141] (Indonesia)
 
		                 Komodo's coralscape (Indonesia)
 
		                 Coral reef in Komodo (Indonesia)
 
		                 Damselfish (Indonesia)
 
		                 Above and below the surface on Komodo's coral reef (Indonesia)
 
		                 Komodo's coralscape (Indonesia)
 
		                 Corals (Belize)
 
		                 Shallow seas off Komodo Island (Indonesia)
 
		                 Lionfish is Indonesia (Indonesia)
 
		                 Anemones and clownfish on a reef near Komodo (Indonesia)
 
		                 Damselfish (Indonesia)
 
		                 Blue damselfish (Indonesia)
 
		                 Sea Anemones in Komodo (Indonesia)
 
		                ![Hastings Reef in Australia [australia_great_barrier_reef_0240]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/i/australia/150/australia_great_barrier_reef_0240.jpg) Hastings Reef in Australia [australia_great_barrier_reef_0240] (Australia)
 
		                ![Fish [belize_uw0135]](http://travel.mongabay.com/belize/150/belize_uw0135.JPG) Fish [belize_uw0135] (Belize)
 
		                 Batfish in Komodo (Indonesia)
 
		                 Shallow seas off Komodo Island (Indonesia)
 
		                 Komodo corals (Indonesia)
 
		                 Coral reef fish in Komodo (Indonesia)
 
		                 Komodo corals (Indonesia)
 
		                 Soft corals (Indonesia)
 
		                 Giant clam (Indonesia)
 
		                 Shallow seas off Komodo Island (Indonesia)
 
		                 Batfish in Komodo (Indonesia)
 
		                 Above and below the surface on Komodo's coral reef (Indonesia)
 
		                 Komodo coralscape (Indonesia)
 
		                 Anemone and coral in Komodo (Indonesia)
 
		                 Komodo's coralscape (Indonesia)
 
		                ![Great Barrier Reef off Australia [australia_great_barrier_reef_0395]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/i/australia/150/australia_great_barrier_reef_0395.jpg) Great Barrier Reef off Australia [australia_great_barrier_reef_0395] (Australia)
 
		                 Magenta soft coral (Indonesia)
 
		                 Komodo corals (Indonesia)
 
		                 Damselfish, coral, and sea anemones (Indonesia)
 
		                 Reefs and islands off the coast of Sulawesi (Indonesia)
 
		                 Komodo's coralscape (Indonesia)
 
		                 Anemone (Indonesia)
 
		                 Nain and Montehage islands (Indonesia)
 
		                 Costal views on the Pedernales Peninsula,Dominican Republic. (Dominican Republic)
 
		                 Komodo corals (Indonesia)
 
		                 Batfish in Komodo (Indonesia)
 
		                 Above and below the surface on Komodo's coral reef (Indonesia)
 
		                 Komodo's coralscape (Indonesia)
 
		                 Clownfish (Indonesia)
 
		                 Moray eel (Indonesia)
 
		                 Coral and sea anemones (Indonesia)
 
		                 Moray eel (Indonesia)
 
		                 Coral and sea anemones (Indonesia)
 
		                 Blue damsels (Indonesia)
 
		                 Clownfish (Indonesia)
 
		                 Damselfish, coral, and sea anemones (Indonesia)
 
		                 Above and below the surface on Komodo's coral reef (Indonesia)
 
		                 Anemone (Indonesia)
 
		                 Sulawesi Sea (Indonesia)
 
		                 Clownfish (Indonesia)
 
		                 Stingray swimming above a sandy sea floor (Belize)
 
		                 Sea urchin swarm (Indonesia)
 
		                 Komodo corals (Indonesia)
 
		                 Coral fish in Komodo (Indonesia)
 
		                 Coral fish (Indonesia)
 
		                 Komodo corals (Indonesia)
 
		                 Above and below the surface on Komodo's coral reef (Indonesia)
 
		                 Shallow seas off Komodo Island (Indonesia)
 
		                 Sea Anemones in Komodo (Indonesia)
 
		                 Coral reef fish in Komodo (Indonesia)
 
		                ![Hastings Reef on the Great Barrier Reef [australia_great_barrier_reef_0162]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/i/australia/150/australia_great_barrier_reef_0162.jpg) Hastings Reef on the Great Barrier Reef [australia_great_barrier_reef_0162] (Australia)
 
		                 Blue damselfish (Indonesia)
 
		                 Shallow seas off Komodo Island (Indonesia)
 
		                 Blue clam (Indonesia)
 
		                 Damselfish (Indonesia)
 
		                 Anemones and clownfish on a reef near Komodo (Indonesia)
 
		                 Reefs off Cancun (Mexico)
 
		                 Above and below the surface on Komodo's coral reef (Indonesia)
 
		                 Coral reef in Komodo (Indonesia)
 
		                 Coral reef in Komodo (Indonesia)
 
		                 Coralscape (Indonesia)
 
		                 Above and below the surface on Komodo's coral reef (Indonesia)
 
		                 Above and below the surface on Komodo's coral reef (Indonesia)
 
		                 Anemones and clownfish on a reef near Komodo (Indonesia)
 
		                ![Coral on Australia's Great Barrier Reef [australia_great_barrier_reef_0358]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/i/australia/150/australia_great_barrier_reef_0358.jpg) Coral on Australia's Great Barrier Reef [australia_great_barrier_reef_0358] (Australia)
 
		                 The western-most point of Java (Indonesia)
 
		                 Komodo's coralscape (Indonesia)
 
		                ![Great Barrier Reef [australia_great_barrier_reef_0019]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/i/australia/150/australia_great_barrier_reef_0019.jpg) Great Barrier Reef [australia_great_barrier_reef_0019] (Australia)
 
		                 Moray eel (Indonesia)
 
		                 Blue damselfish (Indonesia)
 
		                 Komodo's coralscape (Indonesia)
 
		                 Clownfish (Indonesia)
 
		                 Yellow anemone (Indonesia)
 
		                 Komodo's coral reef (Indonesia)
 
		                 Shallow seas off Komodo Island (Indonesia)
 
		                ![Australia's GBR [australia_great_barrier_reef_0060]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/i/australia/150/australia_great_barrier_reef_0060.jpg) Australia's GBR [australia_great_barrier_reef_0060] (Australia)
 
		                 Anemones and clownfish on a reef near Komodo (Indonesia)
 
		                ![Australia's Great Barrier Reef [australia_great_barrier_reef_0357]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/i/australia/150/australia_great_barrier_reef_0357.jpg) Australia's Great Barrier Reef [australia_great_barrier_reef_0357] (Australia)
 
		                 Anemones and clownfish on a reef near Komodo (Indonesia)
 
		                 Coral fish in Komodo (Indonesia)
 
		                 Coral and sea anemones (Indonesia)
 
		                 Purple soft corals (Indonesia)
 
		                 Coral reef fish in Komodo (Indonesia)
 
		                 Blue-lipped clam (Indonesia)
 
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