''Pareques acuminatus'', (the high-hat, cubbyu, streaked ribbonfish or striped drum), is a small fish, usually between 6 and 9 inches, that can occasionally be found on coral reefs in the middle western

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, in the

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, the

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and

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. High-hats are typically black and white or dark brown and white.

Habitat

Young high-hats typically live in rocks and coral hidden from predators. Generally they inhabit

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areas.

Diet

High-hats are carnivorous fish that feed on crabs, shrimps and small invertebrates.

Behavior

This species of fish can live with other types of small fish, as they are not aggressive.

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* {{Taxonbar, from=Q140141 Sciaenidae Fish of the Atlantic Ocean a Fish described in 1801