Juvenile Grey Angelfish, Pomacanthus arcuatus, West Palm Beach, Florida, April 2012, Juvenile gray angelfish have five yellow bands, as juveniles mature, lose yellow bands and becomes uniform grayish-brown in color, feeds on sponges and wide range of algae and invertebrates
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Juvenile Grey Angelfish, Pomacanthus arcuatus, West Palm Beach, Florida, April 2012, Juvenile gray angelfish have five yellow bands, as juveniles mature, lose yellow bands and becomes uniform grayish-brown in color, feeds on sponges and wide range of algae and invertebrates
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Stoplight Parrotfish, Sparisoma viride, Supermale, sleeping at night, West Palm Beach, Florida, USA, April 2012. Changes sex and colors as it ages, red color in the initial phase, can be either male or female change dramatically in terminal green supermale phase
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Stoplight Parrotfish, Sparisoma viride, Supermale, sleeping at night, West Palm Beach, Florida, USA, April 2012. Changes sex and colors as it ages, red color in the initial phase, can be either male or female change dramatically in terminal green supermale phase
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initial phase of Stoplight Parrotfish, Sparisoma viride, sleeping at night, West Palm Beach, Florida, USA, April 2012. Changes sex and colors as it ages, red color in the initial phase, can be either male or female change dramatically in terminal green supermale phase
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initial phase of Stoplight Parrotfish, Sparisoma viride, sleeping at night, West Palm Beach, Florida, USA, April 2012. Changes sex and colors as it ages, red color in the initial phase, can be either male or female change dramatically in terminal green supermale phase
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cowfish, West Palm Beach, Florida, April 2012
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juvenile puffer, West Palm Beach, Florida, April 2012
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juvenile highhat (Equetus acuminatus), similar but not juvenile spotted drums, West Palm Beach, Florida, April 2012
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Blue Throat Pike Blenny Male, Chaenopsis ocellata, attacking its own image in a mirror, likely showing dominance over another male, West Palm Beach, Florida, April 2012
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Blue Throat Pike Blenny Male, Chaenopsis ocellata, attacking its own image in a mirror, likely showing dominance over another male, West Palm Beach, Florida, April 2012
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Sailfin blenny, Emblemaria pandionis. 1-2 inches, leaps out of burrow displaying large dorsal fin to perhaps attract females and show dominance, breeding males guard cavities where eggs are deposited by one or more females, West Palm Beach, Florida, April 2012
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Sailfin blenny, Emblemaria pandionis. 1-2 inches, leaps out of burrow displaying large dorsal fin to perhaps attract females and show dominance, breeding males guard cavities where eggs are deposited by one or more females, West Palm Beach, Florida, April 2012
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secretary blenny, tunicates, and sea spider or pycnogonid, West Palm Beach, Florida, April 2012
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scorpionfish, West Palm Beach, Florida, April 2012
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scorpionfish, West Palm Beach, Florida, April 2012