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  • Nº29 # Date: 1989-01-27 - 12:00
  • # Max Depth: 19m Duration: 21mins
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  • Dive type : Recreational, Reef
  • Visibility: Average Water: Salt
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Bodianus rufus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Spanish hogfish) Inhabits rocky or coral reefs . Feeds on brittle stars, crustaceans, mollusks, and sea urchins . Juveniles actively pick parasites from larger fishes . A protogynous hermaphrodite . May hybridize with spotfin hogfish, B. pulchellus . Marketed fresh . Maximum depth reported from Ref. 27115.
Muraena retifera Goode and Bean, 1882 (Moray eel) Known only from moderate depths along outer continental shelf.
Selene setapinnis (Mitchill, 1815) (Atlantic moonfish) Adults usually found near the bottom from inshore waters to at least 54 m depth, but may form schools near the surface . Juveniles are found on muddy bottoms brackish estuaries and in coastal marine waters . Feeds on small fishes and crustaceans. Good food fish and marketed fresh.

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