Spotted Scorpionfish, Scorpaena plumieri Spotted Scorpionfish, Scorpaena plumieri
Scorpionfish are ambush predators that usually sit on the bottom. Their spines carry poison, but the fish are not aggressive.
Greater soapfish, Rypticus saponaceus
Soapfish often lay on the bottom in odd positions. They excrete a soapy mucus.
Peacock Flounder, Bothus lunatus
Goatfish:
Yellow goatfish, Mulloidichthys martinicus
Spotted goatfish, Pseudupeneus maculatus (night)
Yellowheaded jawfish, Opistognathus aurifrons
Shortnose batfish, Ogcocephalus nasutus
Southern stingray, Dasyatis americana
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