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Nassau groupers, Epinephelus striatus ( Endangered Species ) at spawning aggregation; as sunset approaches, frantic males, in bicolor phase, push brown female toward surface, so that change in hydrostatic pressure will force eggs out of her abdomen, Lighthouse Reef Atoll, Belize, Central America ( Caribbean Sea ) ( #5 in series of 6 )

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Nassau groupers, Epinephelus striatus ( Endangered Species ) at spawning aggregation; as sunset approaches, frantic males, in bicolor phase, push brown female toward surface, so that change in hydrostatic pressure will force eggs out of her abdomen, Lighthouse Reef Atoll, Belize, Central America ( Caribbean Sea ) ( #5 in series of 6 )
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