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“That’s helped to accelerate the number of species that we’ve been able to raise in during that time and the variety of species too,” he said, highlighting species such as wrasses, butterflyfish and tangs.

From the docks, Peixoto can step into her dive boat and motor out to a shallow reef 10 minutes away, where schools of golden butterflyfish cruise over decades-old coral monoliths on the seafloor.

Highlights include the spot fin butterflyfish, yellow tang and Banggai cardinalfish.

If a butterflyfish strays too far from its own kind, it may have trouble finding a mate of its own species.

Don a mask and dip into the water, and you’ll find yourself amid schools of yellow tang, bright turquoise parrot fish and butterflyfish.