The Spanish flag (Gonioplectrus hispanus)

The Spanish flag (Gonioplectrus hispanus), a piscivorous grouper from the Flower Garden Banks. This fish resides on deep, shelf-edge reefs throughout the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Ocean. Illustration by D. Weaver, FGBNMS.

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