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Oyster Toadfish

Opsanus tau

Photo by Nicholas4
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Mean looking and just sitting there in the dark! Predatory, obviously..

Habitat:

NYC Aquarium exhibit, Western Atlantic native

Notes:

This fish grunts!

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Oyster toadfish

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PublishedDecember 20, 2011

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