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Brown-marbled grouper at Richelieu Rock in Thailand

Marble Majesty

Frankie Gard-Storry photographed this Brown-Marbled Grouper at Richelieu Rock during a Similan liveaboard expedition, capturing the distinctive spotted pattern and powerful build of this reef predator. These ambush hunters employ remarkable patience and colour-changing abilities whilst monitoring their territories from prominent coral perches, and are protogynous hermaphrodites that can transform from female to male based on social hierarchy.

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