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Identification

Equetus punctatus (Drum)

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Date Taken

August 2008

Location

Saint Eustatius, near St. Maarten, Caribbean.

Caption

Adult spotted drum (Equetus punctatus), note the small dorsal fin. Taken at 20 meters in a night dive, this fish was discovered near a nurse shark.

Contributors

Michel Coutas (photographer; copyright holder)


To cite this page: Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2012. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed at http://animaldiversity.org.

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