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European Sea Bass reference image
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European Sea Bass

Dicentrarchus labrax

European Sea Bass is een veelvoorkomende vissoort die vaak voorkomt in geschikte wateren en structuurrijke plekken voor deze soort. Deze gids vat herkenning, leefgebied en vistips samen.

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Exquisite Butterflyfish reference image
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Exquisite Butterflyfish

Chaetodon austriacus

The Exquisite Butterflyfish (Chaetodon austriacus) is a reef-associated butterflyfish of the Red Sea and nearby western Indian Ocean. It is a small, colorful coral-feeder that is not a standard game fish and is best appreciated by divers and aquarists.

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Eyeline Surgeonfish reference image
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Eyeline Surgeonfish

Acanthurus nigricauda

Eyeline Surgeonfish (Acanthurus nigricauda) is a western Pacific and eastern Indian Ocean reef surgeonfish best known from clear lagoon and outer-reef habitats. It grazes primarily on benthic algae and is seldom targeted by anglers.

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Eyestripe Surgeonfish reference image
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Eyestripe Surgeonfish

Acanthurus dussumieri

Eyestripe Surgeonfish is a reef-dwelling surgeonfish of the Indo-Pacific, known for its fine yellow eye-stripe and grazing lifestyle. It is not a common sport target, but it can be taken incidentally on light tackle around coral and rubble reefs.

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False Kelpfish

Sebastiscus marmoratus

False kelpfish (Sebastiscus marmoratus) is a rockfish in the scorpionfish family, not a true kelpfish. It lives on rocky reefs and kelp forests in the northwest Pacific and is often cryptically colored with banding and mottling.

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Fanbelly Leatherjacket

Monacanthus chinensis

Fanbelly Leatherjacket (Monacanthus chinensis) is a small, laterally compressed filefish of tropical Indo-Pacific waters, often found around reefs, rubble, and seagrass. It is not a major gamefish, but it can be caught incidentally with light tackle and small baits.

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Finescale Triggerfish reference image
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Finescale Triggerfish

Balistes polylepis

The finescale triggerfish (Balistes polylepis) is a coastal reef-associated triggerfish of the eastern Pacific. It is a powerful, armored predator that feeds on hard-shelled invertebrates and is more often encountered by divers than targeted anglers.

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Fire Dartfish

Nemateleotris magnifica

Fire Dartfish (Nemateleotris magnifica) is a small Indo-Pacific reef fish known for hovering above rubble and bolt-hole retreats. It is primarily an aquarium species and is not a standard food or game fish.

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Five-spotted Wrasse

Symphodus roissali

Five-spotted Wrasse (Symphodus roissali) is a small eastern Atlantic–Mediterranean wrasse that lives in shallow coastal reefs and seagrass. Males can show vivid breeding colors and spotted patterning; it is generally more of a view species than a target fish.

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Fiveline Cardinalfish

Cheilodipterus quinquelineatus

The Fiveline Cardinalfish is a small nocturnal reef fish from the Indo-Pacific, commonly sheltering in caves and coral branches by day and foraging at night. It is not a major angling target and is best treated as a reef-associated species of interest to divers and aquarium observers.

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Flagtail Grouper

Cephalopholis urodeta

Flagtail Grouper (Cephalopholis urodeta) is a small reef grouper of the Indo-Pacific, usually found on coral-rich drop-offs and lagoon reefs. It is an ambush predator that feeds mainly on small fishes and crustaceans and is occasionally taken by line anglers.

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Flagtail Triggerfish

Sufflamen chrysopterum

Flagtail Triggerfish is a reef-associated triggerfish of the Indo-Pacific that uses rubble slopes and outer reef drop-offs, where it grazes hard-shelled prey. It is not a major game fish; anglers target it only incidentally or for reef fishing interest.

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