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Glasseye Sep 11, 2017. 1000 Steps dive site, Bonaire.<br />
Silvery pink, mottled red or solid red in color; median fins with faint dark dots. Pelvic fins dusky or pale and without distinct spots. Section of preopercle behind canal striated and without scales. These fishes inhabit shallow reefs and spends its days hiding in caves. They are nocturnal and feed at night on zooplankton such as shrimp, larval fishes, and small squids and octopuses. Caribbean Netherlands,Geotagged,Heteropriacanthus cruentatus,Summer Click/tap to enlarge Country intro

Glasseye

Sep 11, 2017. 1000 Steps dive site, Bonaire.
Silvery pink, mottled red or solid red in color; median fins with faint dark dots. Pelvic fins dusky or pale and without distinct spots. Section of preopercle behind canal striated and without scales. These fishes inhabit shallow reefs and spends its days hiding in caves. They are nocturnal and feed at night on zooplankton such as shrimp, larval fishes, and small squids and octopuses.

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"Heteropriacanthus cruentatus" is a fish from the around the globe, in tropical seas. It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade. It grows to a size of 50.7 cm in length.

Similar species: Perch-like Fishes
Species identified by Patomarazul
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By Patomarazul

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Uploaded Dec 29, 2017. Captured Sep 11, 2017 10:23 in Queen's Highway, Rincon, Caribbean Netherlands.
  • DC1400
  • f/3.0
  • 1/60s
  • ISO200
  • 6.4mm