Curved Sweeper
Pempheris poeyi
Also known as: Bullseye, Pempherid, Shortfin Sweeper
- Bullseye
- Pempherid
- Shortfin Sweeper
Overview
Found in schools, during the day, sheltering in dense branching corals, caves, crevices, holes, and under ledges, of eroded limestone shorelines, out hunting for food, high above the bottom at night, over shallow coral and rocky reefs.
Sweepers school during the day, but at night they float high above the bottom to hunt for larger zooplankton.
Several species are triangular shaped.
How to identify
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Habitat & where to find it
- Range · Western Atlantic, Caribbean
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Found in schools, during the day, sheltering in dense branching corals, caves, crevices, holes, and under ledges, of eroded limestone shorelines, out hunting for food, high above the bottom at night, over shallow coral and rocky reefs.
Adult photos 3
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