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Squirrel Fish #129974
05/11/2017 05:40 PM 05/11/2017 05:40 PM
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St Louis, MO
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Anyone know if squirrel fish is served on SXM and where?

Next SXM visit -November 2023. Also January 2024.
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Re: Squirrel Fish [Re: SXMNorm] #129975
05/11/2017 06:33 PM 05/11/2017 06:33 PM
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I've never heard of it. Tell me more.
Re: Squirrel Fish [Re: GaKaye] #129976
05/11/2017 06:44 PM 05/11/2017 06:44 PM
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does it eat nuts? I have sailed, fished and dived the Caribbean for years and never heard of it.
Re: Squirrel Fish [Re: sail2wind] #129977
05/11/2017 07:33 PM 05/11/2017 07:33 PM
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As a scuba diver I have seen squirrel fish many times. They are plentiful. They are red, have big eyes and like to hang out under ledges and corals. I have no idea though if they are on menus however.
Re: Squirrel Fish [Re: weeks5051] #129978
05/11/2017 08:52 PM 05/11/2017 08:52 PM
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have to check my fish chart
Re: Squirrel Fish [Re: sail2wind] #129979
05/11/2017 09:09 PM 05/11/2017 09:09 PM
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Lots of squirrel fish at all the sites I have dived in around St Maarten. Very common fish but since it is a local reef fish I would be apprehensive due to the possible toxicity in the fish.
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Re: Squirrel Fish [Re: SXMScubaman] #129980
05/11/2017 09:27 PM 05/11/2017 09:27 PM
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A friend, also a scuba driver, had it in Guadeloupe at a small beach front resturant. Said it was wonderful

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Re: Squirrel Fish [Re: SXMScubaman] #129981
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SXMScubaman said:
Lots of squirrel fish at all the sites I have dived in around St Maarten. Very common fish but since it is a local reef fish I would be apprehensive due to the possible toxicity in the fish.


Yeah, eating any reef fish is a bad idea - Ciguatera Toxin is a possibility in all of them.

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