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fish is found in fresh and brackish waters on 

 the shores of the Pacific and Atlantic oceans, 

 in Central America and the West Indies. 



Fig. 97. Dormitator maculatus. 



The body is compact, the head rather small 

 and flat on top, with the medium-sized eyes 

 placed near the nose and very close to the 

 top of the head. The lower lip is somewhat 



