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stingray and hogfish

A Caribbean stingray, Himantura schmardae, feeds by stirring stirring up sandy bottoms with its wings and working through the sand with its plate-like teeth. Here, a hogfish, Lachnolaimus maximus (the one with three long dorsal spines), hovers behind, looking for prey trying to escape from the stingray.

 

Blackbird Caye, Belize.

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Uploaded on January 27, 2020
Taken on February 10, 2019