Scorpionfish are ambush predators that usually sit on the bottom. Their spines carry poison, but the fish are not aggressive.
Greater soapfish, Rypticus saponaceusSoapfish often lay on the bottom in odd positions. They excrete a soapy mucus.
Peacock Flounder, Bothus lunatusGoatfish:
Yellow goatfish, Mulloidichthys martinicus
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