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Bandtail Searobin
Prionotus ophryas
25.7182, -80.2684
Field Notes
Description:
Mottled and spotted, gray to reddish brown. body and fins may exhibit bars and bands. Large head with tapered snout. Pectoral fins long, and fan-like when extended.
Habitat:
Prefer shallow areas of sea grass, sand and coral rubble. When foraging, "walk" about on finger-like spines of pectoral fins, which are also used like hands to turn over rubble.
Notes:
Somewhat wary; when approached, typically spread pectoral fins and swim a short distance away.
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