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Heteractis crispa (Ehrenberg 1834), the Leathery or Sebae Sea Anemone. Family Stichodactylidae. Often mis-sold/identified in the trade as H. ritteri and the commonest species in the market as the "Sebae Anemone". Has numerous long, tapering tentacles that end in points with a centered pink dot. Column gray in color. A beautiful specimen at Preuss's in MI.

Holacanthus tricolor (Bloch 1795), the (Atlantic) Rock Beauty (3). The one "stinker" in the bunch that are regularly offered. Most specimens die "mysteriously" from the effects of capture and lack of nutrition... place yours in an established live rock tank, and get it to feed immediately. To eight inches in length. Cozumel 4/09.

Hypoplectrus puella (Cuvier 1828), the Barred Hamlet. To six inches overall length... Found in... the tropical west Atlantic. One in the Cozumel

Hypoplectrus unicolor (Walbaum 1792), the Butter Hamlet. Western Atlantic; Florida. To five inches in length. Identified in the field by distinctive caudal saddle and yellow pelvic fins.

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