Another creature to watch for in deep areas is the strange, primitive looking shovelnose ray or giant guitarfish. |
Its spiracles located behind the eyes allow the guitarfish to remain under the sand for long periods of time and breathe easily by flushing clean water over the gills. |
Catfish, mullet, jacks, croakers, cowfish, guitarfish, stingrays, crabs and crayfish, are common meals for the lemon shark. |
On the third try, using heftier nets intended for catching guitarfish, they were successful. |
Groupers and morays are common, lobsters can be seen in season and we encountered a common guitarfish. |
But that was the draw: white-spotted guitarfish with the ripply heads of manta rays and the dorsal fins of sharks threshed by, hunting crabs that live in the grass. |