Caption

Pair of bluespotted grouper (Cephalopholis argus) during courtship, mating, dive site House Reef, Mangrove Bay, El Quesir, Red Sea, Egypt, Africa

Date

May 04, 2023

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Rolf von Riedmatten

Reference

BRK24I04_386

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Royalty free

Available size

41,7Mb (3,2Mb) / 15,6in x 10,4in / 4676 x 3117 (300dpi)

Keywords

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