At Pulau Subar Laut, a clownfish fans its brood of beady-eyed fry that are almost ready to hatch and disperse with the currents. Nearly two inches long, this individual is probably the queen of the roost, and she shares her home with five or six smaller fish who await their chance to mate and be mated with. With luck, the tides that swamp their little lagoon will wash this fresh batch of babies to nearby shores such as Kusu and even Hantu, where giant carpet anemones and other tentacled recruits are reclaiming the reefs in defiance of plans to drown these islands in a sea of ill-conceived visions.
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