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Scorpaena mystes Jordan & Starks 1895, the Pacific Spotted Scorpionfish. To eighteen inches in length. Eastern Pacific: Sea of Cortez to Peru, including the Galapagos. Found sitting on sandy and rocky bottoms surface to 25 meters of depth. Puerto Vallarta 2015

Canthigaster punctatissima (Gunther 1870), the Spotted Sharpnose Puffer. Eastern Pacific. The Pacific C. punctatissimus and Hawaiian C. jactator are almost copies of each other, white spotted against a brown background. The more eastern species is darker. To about three inches in length. Puerto Vallarta 2015

Arothron meleagris (Lacepede 1798), the Guinea Fowl Puffer. This is a "standard" offering in the pet fish trade, in black and white, golden and mottled color morphs. Found throughout the tropical Indo-Pacific. Puerto Vallarta 2015

Diodon hystrix Linnaeus 1758, the Spotted Burrfish. Circumtropical in distribution. To 28 inches in length in the wild. Note spots on fins and long spines on body, not the head. Puerto Vallarta 2015

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Archive 859: Daily Pix FULL SIZE (For personal use only: NOT public domain) Mmm, right click, add, set as background...

Archive 859: Daily Pix FULL SIZE
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