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| | Maskelyne Islands, Malakula, Vanuatu |
 | | On the outside of Sughulamp Reef was a diverse array of typical small reef fish, including damselfish, butterflyfish, angelfish, wrasses, surgeonfish and triggerfish. |
 | | Of the known predators of the crown of thorns starfish (Napoleon wrasse Cheilinus undulates, the moustache triggerfish Balistoides viridescens, yellowmargin triggerfish Pseudobalistes flavimarginatus, giant triton Charonia tritonis, Harlequin shrimp Hymenocera picta, fire worm Pherecardia striata) only one moustache triggerfish and one napoleon wrasse was observed during our study. |
 | | Apparently on the Maskelyne Island reefs there is a general lack of crown of thorn starfish predators to keep the population in check. |
| www.pcrf.org /science/Maskelyne/reefreport.html (2663 words) |
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