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Created 3/27/2020

Family Malacanthidae

INDO-PACIFIC

Malacanthus latovittatus


Juvenile, German Wall, Palau, 15 feet

Amalau, American Samoa, 50 feet

BLUE TILEFISH 

Locally common among sandy rubble at scuba depths where it feeds upon buried worms and shellfish.  Occurs in pairs.  Attains 18 inches.  Red Sea to Japan, Line Islands, and Samoa, excluding Hawai'i.