Permit
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Biology
The permit changes its food and habitat preferences throughout its development: juveniles are found in large schools in the surf zone of beaches and eat invertebrates found in the substrate; and adults can be seen on channels and reef holes in small schools or even alone.
Curiosities
The permit feeds on shellfish that is crushed by the granular teeth it has in its tongue.