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Blue Blanquillo
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Blue Blanquillo

Malacanthus latovittatus

The blue blanquillo, Malacanthus latovittatus (also known as the banded blanquillo, striped blanquillo, false whiting, sand tilefish or eye of the sea), is a species of tilefish from the family Malacanthidae. The fish is known to swim at depths of 20–22 metres (66–72 ft) with temperatures of 22–28 °C (72–82 °F).

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 196482.