Terry Lilley, Critter of the Week
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This foot-long goat-fish is very common here in Hawai‘i, and you usually see them near the base of rocky outcroppings, where they use their two appendages under their chin called barbels to find food. The barbels move quickly and can sense a worm, shrimp or crab under the sand or in a crack in the reef.

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