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Bothus lunatus (Linnaeus 1758), the Plate Fish. Tropical eastern and western Atlantic. To eighteen inches overall length. A master of disguise like many flatfishes. A juv. shown here in Cozumel 2011. Need fine sand to bury in. Feed on small fishes, crustaceans and octopus in the wild.

Coryphopterus eidolon Bohlke & Robins 1960, the Pallid Goby. Western Atlantic; Florida to the Lower Antilles. Yellow stripe extends from behind eye. To two and a quarter inches in length. Cozumel 2011.

Cephalopholis fulva (Linnaeus 1758), the Coney. Tropical west Atlantic. To sixteen inches long in the wild, usually less than half that in captivity. A hardy aquarium species that comes in three distinct color variations. One in Cozumel 2011.

Urobatis jamaicensis (Cuvier 1816), the Yellow Stingray. Western Atlantic; North Carolina to Venezuela. To thirty inches wide. W/ a Caranx ruber in Cozumel 2011.

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