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Updated: May 10, 2025

When pretty nigh the surface, just near'a large dome of brain coral, a long spotted fish shot out and seized the chub, swallowin' the 'ook into the bargain." "Did they have a strong line?" Colin asked. "A moray is a powerful fish, isn't he?" "'E's all muscle and teeth," the keeper answered.

Francis Rolt-Wheeler - The Boy With the U. S. Fisheries