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Houndfish

Tylosurus crocodilus

Habitat:

Shallow-water (to 30 feet) inshore fish is frequently found drifting near the surface over grass flats and patch reefs.

Notes:

There are usually a bunch of these all along these beach.

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3 Comments

LivanEscudero
LivanEscudero 5 years ago

Not sure about common name, those names can be very random or whimsical, so who knows why they started calling it hound. But look at the scientific name, isn’t it great? “ crocodilus” sure fits that mouth!

cole22
cole22 5 years ago

I love fish when i was Little I kissed one

swain16
swain16 5 years ago

How did the houndfish get its name

LivanEscudero
Spotted by
LivanEscudero

Mundo Nobo, Curaçao, Netherlands

Spotted on Mar 29, 2019
Submitted on May 4, 2019

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