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Whitespotted filefish

Cantherhines macrocerus

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Field Notes

Description:

Photo take at -50ft in a caribbean reef.
Body laterally flattened. Upper body in shades of gray to olive to brown, with brown to orange below. Base of tail with orange spines. Two distinguish phases: one with large, whitish spots the other without spots.

Habitat:

Usually find by the coral reef:
Caribbean, Bahamas, Florida, Bermuda, Gulf of Mexico

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Spotted for Missions

Mission
Global Coral Reef Monitoring
Mission
Caribbean Reef Fish of Southern Mexico
Mission
Mexico Horn of Plenty
Photographed
PublishedDecember 25, 2011

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