Pareques acuminatus, (the high-hat, cubbyu, streaked ribbonfish or striped drum[1]), is a small fish, usually between 6 and 9 inches, that can occasionally be found on coral reefs in the middle western Atlantic Ocean, in the Caribbean, the Gulf of Mexico, Florida and the Bahamas. High-hats are typically black and white or dark brown and white.[2]
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