Scientific name: Scarus psittacus
Size: Up to 11.8 inches
Color: Turquoise to green
Distinguishing feature: Scales with a pink sign, blue / green on the head, white teeth visible
Where did we see it: Bali and Gili, Zanzibar, French polynesia, Mexico, Mayotte, Maldives
Scientific name: Scarus psittacus
Size: Up to 11.8 inches
Color: Turquoise to green
Distinguishing feature: Scales with a pink sign, blue / green on the head, white teeth visible
Where did we see it: Bali and Gili, Zanzibar, French polynesia, Mexico, Mayotte, Maldives
During night, the parrotfish surrounds itself with a transparent mucus. It serves as protection: repulsive against parasites but it also prevents predators to olfactory find it.
This concon takes between 30 minutes and one hour to build each night.
You have to be very careful about this mucus when diving at night. Putting your torch on the mucus can disrupt the fish. Following the destruction of the mucus and a state of stress, the parrot will return to find shelter and build his mucus again.
So be careful when diving at night please!
The tiger shark has slender marks similars to the lines of tigers, hence its name.
When it is juvenile, these marks are round and not vertical. They change when it grows.
We can hear the bull shark is very dangerous because of attacks near La Réunion island.
However, tens of them are living at 600 feet from the famous beach of Playa Del Carmen in Mexico. And there are no attacks.
Turtles are in economy mode when they are sleeping. If they are woken during night, they may not have enough air to return to surface.
So, please be careful during night dives!
