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An oceanic species sometimes found near the coast (Ref. 5217). Forms segregated schools (Ref. 12951). Jumps occasionally, landing with a loud smack, probably as a territorial display. Migrates south in large schools that disappear off northern Florida, USA and are not reported from Caribbean Is.; tagged fish have been recovered in northern South America (Ref. 7251). Population in the Gulf of Mexico migrates clockwise; schools of up to 10,000 rays leave west coast of Florida for Yucatan, Mexico in the fall (Ref. 7251). Ovoviviparous (Ref. 50449).
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Garra fasciacauda Fowler, 1937 |
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Epinephelus amblycephalus (Bleeker, 1857)
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Synodontis polli Gosse, 1982 |
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Gymnothorax gracilicauda Jenkins, 1903
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Apogon townsendi (Breder, 1927)
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