Cottonwick

 
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This is a Grunt called Cottonwick about 10 inches.  Photo by .
Location , Key Largo in about 30 feet water.
Haemulon melanurum 

Features: Bold black stripe on dorsal fin continues to form a "V" on tail (absent in pale phase).
Description:
Notes: No personal pictures at this time (2008)

Audubon Field Guide; page 512; plate 224;
Reef Fish ID, 3rd edition; page 96-97; plate 96 - 97;
Size: 7-10 inches; max 13 inches;
Depth: 10-50 feet;


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Rod Bigelow
Box 13  Chazy Lake
Dannemora, N.Y. 12929
< rodbigelow@netzero.net > 

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