Scientific name: Dascyllus carneus
Size: Up to 2.8 inches
Color: Beige cream, black, bluish highlights
Distinguishing feature: White body, slightly brown head, 2 black bands, bluish effects on the black fins, transparent caudal fin
Where did we see it: Mayotte
Scientific name: Dascyllus carneus
Size: Up to 2.8 inches
Color: Beige cream, black, bluish highlights
Distinguishing feature: White body, slightly brown head, 2 black bands, bluish effects on the black fins, transparent caudal fin
Where did we see it: Mayotte
This species is present in East Africa to the Java Sea.
They are often seen on branched corals in coastal reefs. They are usually inside small shoals, from 5 to 10 individuals.
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.)
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.
