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Stone fish sea cucumber
Phylum Echinodermata, Class Holothuroidea
Actinopyga lecanora
You can find sea cucumbers actively feeding on the reefs at night-time. This sea cucumber is harvested for the beche-de-mer trade and goes by the trade name 'stone fish'. It is recognised by the whitish or greyish zone that surrounds the anal region.
Kusu Island 9 April 2004