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Occurs in a variety of habitats, over mud, sand and gravel bottoms; over coral reefs, off rocky shores (Ref. 10948) and in mangrove sloughs; inshore around pilings and buoys, and offshore around drifting and stationary objects; occasionally in estuaries (Ref. 9739). Forms small groups and may pursue small pelagic inshore (Ref. 48635). Feeds on crabs, fishes, and squids (Ref. 5213, 10948, 13442). Spawns during the warm months in the western Atlantic; eggs and larvae planktonic (Ref. 12459). Caught in small quantities due to its solitary behavior (Ref. 9626). Good food fish; marketed fresh (Ref. 5284), smoked, and frozen (Ref. 9987). Also caught for sport (Ref. 26938).
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Trimma okinawae (Aoyagi, 1949)
Okinawa rubble goby |
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Pegusa impar (Bennett, 1831)
Adriatic sole |
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Alepes kleinii (Bloch, 1793)
Razorbelly scad |
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Boraras urophthalmoides (Kottelat, 1991)
Least rasbora |
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Scarus forsteni (Bleeker, 1861)
Forsten's parrotfish |