Inside, I find shoals of cardinalfish, then on the hull some nosy red pigfish and resting goatfish. |
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Like other members of the grunt family, a pigfish makes a grunting sound by rubbing the teeth in their throat together. |
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Huge abalone, crayfish, dogfish, beautiful seahorses, blue cod, southern pigfish and carpet sharks are just some of the inhabitants to look out for. |
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Young Pigfish are pinkish with thin stipes on the sides of the body and red lines on the head. |
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Even when divers aren't feeding in the tanks, they will always have Pigfish lingering close by, ready to snap up anything that looks like food. |
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Pigfish are in the grunt family and are another good bait for most bottom fish. |
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Pigfish are members of the grunt family which are noted for the rasping or grunting sounds they make in their throat when captured on a hook or otherwise disturbed. |
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