Pareques acuminatus
| High-hat | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Sciaenidae |
| Genus: | Pareques |
| Species: | P. acuminatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Pareques acuminatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) | |
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Pareques acuminatus, (the high-hat, cubbyu, streaked ribbonfish or striped drum[1]), is a small fish, usually between 6 and 9 inches, that can occasionally be found on coral reefs in the middle western Atlantic Ocean, in the Caribbean, the Gulf of Mexico, Florida and the Bahamas. High-hats are typically black and white or dark brown and white.
Habitat
Young high-hats typically live in rocks and coral hidden from predators. Generally they inhabit reef areas.
Diet
High-hats are carnivorous fish that feed on crabs, shrimps and small invertebrates.
Behavior
This species of fish can live with other types of small fish, as they are not aggressive.
References
- 1 2 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). "Pareques acuminatus" in FishBase. May 2014 version.
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