GREAT BARRACUDA
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FISH LURES
• In addition to the role they play in providing a habitat and
food source for marine life, artificial reefs like shipwrecks have
also been used as a way to increase fisheries output. They provide
a safe breeding habitat to increase the population of amberjacks,
spadefish, black sea bass and barracudas.
• Large predatory fish such as groupers, barracudas and snappers
hide in shadowy crevices or feed in wide-open areas on the
abundant supply of smaller fish and invertebrates on the reef.
• Barracudas have a well-deserved reputation as fierce hunters.
What they lack in maneuverability, they make up for it in short
bursts of speed to overtake their prey.
• Flounders lie in the sandy bottom, using their markings to
camouflage them for protection and to ambush their prey.
Interestingly, at hatching, a flounder has one eye on each side
of its brain. As it grows from the larval to the juvenile stage,
one eye moves to the other side of its body in a stage called
metamorphosis. SOUTHERN FLOUNDER
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