Spotted trunkfish
Black Point boxfish ( lactophrys bicaudalis )
The black dot boxfish ( lactophrys bicaudalis ) lives in the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean and the tropical western Atlantic from the Bahamas and Florida to the northern coast of Brazil, as well as Ascension. He is a shallow-water dwellers, preferred depths 5-20 meters " and goes up to 50 meters deep. The fish are loners and keep in their habitat in rocky and coral reefs, often in cave entrances and under overhangs on. " Have 45 to 50 inches long expectant fish, as members of the suborder Ostraciinae, a closed body armor, the only openings for the fins, the eyes and the mouth has. Characteristic of the style are two spikes just before the anal fin. The color of animals is usually a dirty white, light ocher or gray with dark brown to black spots and some larger, hazy medium brown spots on the flanks and at the base of the dorsal fin. The fin rays of the caudal fin wear the black dot pattern. The mouth region of the animals is white.
Black Point box fish feed on various hard -shelled invertebrates such as clams, snails, crustaceans, starfish, brittle stars, sea cucumbers, sea urchins, sea squirts, algae and seaweed.