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Blackbar Soldierfish

Aspect:	Generally bright red body, but may have a lighter shade or even white belly, but always sports a vertical black bar behind the gills.
Population:	Common.
Notable feature:	All fins have white leading edges. Has this peculiar habit of flipping belly up when close to the roof of a cave or a rock overhang. This is particularly noticeable in the famous cave of the "Jardin de Corail" site, near Ilets Pigeon.
Environment:	Recesses and under rock overhangs.
Behaviour:	Not scared when in their recesses.

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