Fishes of Hawai'i
Family Lethrinidae - emperors
Monotaxis grandoculis - Bigeye emperor -
Mü
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| Description: silver with large dark blotches on dorsal
body, squared-off snout, big eye |
| Size: up to 60cm |
| Habitat: found hovering in water
column at the face of
reef by day and feeding at night; from 10 to 330 ft, shy |
| Diet: carnivores: primarily mollusks but also crabs and
urchins |
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