School of lookdown fish (Selen vomer) around an oil rig.

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A lookdown is very deeply compressed fish. So they look like they weigh much more in pictures than they actually do in real life. Lookdown are in the Jack family. The scientific name is Selene vomer, they range from the Maine all the way to Uruguay. They are sometimes caught by fisherman. They generally live in shallow coastal waters over sand or mud. When young they have long filaments coming off the first dorsal spine of the dorsal fin.

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Size: 5828px × 3900px
Location: South Padre Island, South Texas, United States, North America
Photo credit: © Amar and Isabelle Guillen - Guillen Photo LLC / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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