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Mexican Hogfish

A sturdy wrasse with strikingly different color phases.

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Coral Hawkfish

A small reef fish with reddish-brown blotches.

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Orangeside Triggerfish

A triggerfish with a dark back and orange lower sides.

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Blunthead Triggerfish

A large gray triggerfish with a pale gill slit.

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Graybar Grunt

A silver grunt crossed by broad dark bars.

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Chameleon Wrasse

A patterned wrasse whose appearance changes with life phase.

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Cortez Angelfish

A tall angelfish with yellow accents and dramatic juvenile stripes.

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Pacific Cubera Snapper

A powerful coastal snapper also called Pacific dog snapper.

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Bluebarred Parrotfish

A reef parrotfish with fused teeth shaped like a beak.

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Bumphead Parrotfish

An eastern Pacific parrotfish with a blue beak.

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