Scientific name: Caranx melampygus
Size: Up to 3.3 foot
Color: silver gray, blue, yellow, coppery green gray
Distinguishing feature: Body is silver gray, upper part coppery green gray with small dots. Blue electric fins, except the falciform pectoral fins which are yellow.
Where did we see it: Zanzibar, Mayotte, Maldives, Raja Ampat
Scientific name: Caranx melampygus
Size: Up to 3.3 foot
Color: silver gray, blue, yellow, coppery green gray
Distinguishing feature: Body is silver gray, upper part coppery green gray with small dots. Blue electric fins, except the falciform pectoral fins which are yellow.
Where did we see it: Zanzibar, Mayotte, Maldives, Raja Ampat
This trevally loves the external slopes of lagoons, rocky coral reefs or passes. She lives between the surface and 6.3 foot.
Juveniles like the shallow waters of sandy coasts or brackish waters, it is possible to see them go up the rivers.
Some sharks can stay motionless on the sand (white tips reef sharks, nurse sharks, etc.).
These sharks don't have to swim to bring oxygen to their gills like other sharks (grey, hammerheads tc.)
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!
