A toadfish patiently waits inside a pipe cavity ready to prey on any fish passing by. A Toadfish is an ambush predator at 95 feet deep in Gulf waters at the Dupont Span One artificial reef about 12 miles off the coast of Panama City Beach, Florida.

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