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Updated 11/22/2022
Family Priacanthidae
TROPICAL ATLANTIC
Heteropriacanthus cruentatus
Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
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ATLANTIC GLASSEYE
A solitary species occasionally seen in dark holes by day, emerging at
night to feed upon small fishes and mobile invertebrates. The body
outline has rounded contours, the trailing edge of the tail is
rounded or convex
and the soft fin
rays with dark spots. Attains 17 inches. Caribbean to
Brazil; Gabon to Sao Tome & Principe. |
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