
Redspotted hawkfish
Sep 14, in the small wreck La Machaca, Bonaire. If you look better among the sponges you can find some hidden beauties like this hawkfish. These fishes like to hide on coral, sponge or rock crevices where they ambush and feed primarily on small crustaceans, particularly copepods, shrimps and shrimp larvae, crabs and crab larvae as well as polychaetes.

The redspotted hawkfish is a species of hawkfish found at depths of from 2 to 46 m on tropical reefs in the Western Atlantic. This species can reach a length of 9.5 cm in standard length. It can also be found in the aquarium trade.
Similar species: Centrarchiformes
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Uploaded Dec 26, 2017. Captured Sep 14, 2017 20:14 in Buddy Dive Resort, Kralendijk, Caribbean Netherlands.