Groupers typically have large mouths, fat lips and stout bodies. The starry grouper is relatively small, but still fearless enough to stay still and stare back when I was snapping a shot.

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Starry Grouper

By swimming against the tidal current, mantas sieves zooplankton from the water. They are the only type of ray evolved to filter feed.

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Reef Manta Ray

The ghost pipefish camouflages very well in coral reefs, and spend a lot of time floating, almost like a slow moving leaf, with its mouth pointed downwards.