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Found in shallow water near the coast, on sand and mud bottoms (Ref. 9332). Larvae and small juveniles (>4 cm) are pelagic and sometimes occur several hundred kilometers offshore, whereas the larger juveniles and adults prefer shallow near-shore waters like bays, sloughs or estuaries where the bottom is sandy or muddy (Ref. 28023). Omnivorous, feeds on worms, sand crabs, shrimp, clams; sometimes feeds on fish like small anchovy (Ref. 28023). Esteemed food fish where it occurs (Ref. 57343).
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Acanthurus polyzona (Bleeker, 1868)
Black-barred surgeonfish |
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Paraconger similis (Wade, 1946)
Shorttail conger |
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Dolichoderus germaini Emery, 1894 |
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Cirrhinus caudimaculatus (Fowler, 1934) |
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Ponera swezeyi (Wheeler, 1933) |