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Found over sand and gravel bottoms near coral reefs. Adults are solitary but juveniles form aggregations, sometimes with other species of wrasses. Feeds on mollusks, brittle stars, sea urchins and crabs. Hides under the sand to sleep and to seek shelter, in cases of danger.
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Epinephelus perplexus Randall, Hoese & Last, 1991
Puzzling grouper |
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Lanius ludovicianus Linnaeus, 1766
White-rumped Shrike |
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Rhynchoconger nitens (Jordan & Bollman, 1890)
Bignose conger |
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Ephippus orbis (Bloch, 1787)
Orbfish |
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Parma microlepis Günther, 1862
White-ear scalyfin |