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![The reef at Com, off the northeastern coast of Timor-Leste, asseen during our latest mission in the Coral Triangle, a region that hosts thehighest diversity of corals and coral reef fishes in the world reef3308.jpg The reef at Com, off the northeastern coast of Timor-Leste, asseen during our latest mission in the Coral Triangle, a region that hosts thehighest diversity of corals and coral reef fishes in the world](/sites/default/files/styles/max_1300x1300/https/s3.amazonaws.com/s3-east-testmedia-noaa.woc.noaa.gov/dam/Photos/legacy/pl23_reef3308.jpg?itok=JUPzQsVq)
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The reef at Com, off the northeastern coast of Timor-Leste, asseen during our latest mission in the Coral Triangle, a region that hosts thehighest diversity of corals and coral reef fishes in the world. Corals of thegenus Porites, large, hard-bodied, mounding corals, were numerous in theshallow water here. (Image credit: NOAA/NMFS/Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center Blog)