Splendid toadfish

Photo: Mark Rosenstein · CC BY-NC

A Caribbean endemic recognisable by its dramatic yellow-striped face and white-edged fins, the splendid toadfish spends its life tucked into coral rubble and sponge crevices. It produces a loud boat-horn grunt used for mating and territorial signalling that divers sometimes hear before they spot the fish. It feeds nocturnally on small fish and invertebrates, making a night dive here particularly rewarding.