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Black Margate

Anisotremus surinamensis

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist. — (c) bcur155, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Brazil.

United States	1,013
Brazil	33
Rio de Jeneiro	19
Texas	16
Mexico	8
Quintana Roo	8
Sao Paulo	6
United States Virgin Islands	3
Espirito Santo	3
North Carolina	2

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

AquaticLives primarily in waterFrom its classification

Classification

Kingdom	Animals · Animalia
Phylum	Chordates · Chordata
Class	Ray-finned Fishes · Actinopterygii
Order	Butterflyfishes, Angelfishes, and Allies · Acanthuriformes
Family	Grunts · Haemulidae
Genus	Anisotremus

Sources

Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
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