Yellow Goat Fish

Sep 14, 2017. Buddy's Pier.
Quite common in the Caribbean. Body pale tan with distinctive yellow stripe from eye to caudal fin; tail yellow. Less brightly colored than other similar species and is the only one with a single yellow stripe along side.
Forms schools with the smallmouth grunt (Haemulon chrysargyreum), an association regarded as social protective mimicry.
Yellow goatfish are benthic feeders, using a pair of long chemosensory barbels ("whiskers") protruding from their chins to rifle through the sediments in search of a meal. They usually feed on smaller fish, hunting in a school during the day, and alone at night.