Rabbitfishes are similar to Surgeonfishes but lack spines on the caudal peduncle.  They eat algae and encrusting invertebrates.  Fin spines are venomous.  Excellent food fishes.  Indo-Pacific, absent from Hawaii.

Moon Beach, Okinawa, 10 feet

Night, Wakatobi, Indonesia, 6 feet

Night, Wakatobi, Indonesia, 6 feet

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