Scientific name: Corythoichthys flavofasciatus
Size:
Color:
Distinguishing feature: Light yellow body very elongated and cylindrical with white and lilac lines or spots. Red caudal fin with white lines and a thick white border. White and red muzzle punctuated with white dots.
Where did we see it: Zanzibar, Mayotte
Scientific name: Corythoichthys flavofasciatus
Size:
Color:
Distinguishing feature: Light yellow body very elongated and cylindrical with white and lilac lines or spots. Red caudal fin with white lines and a thick white border. White and red muzzle punctuated with white dots.
Where did we see it: Zanzibar, Mayotte
Quite fearful, he camouflages himself on sandy rocks.
It is often seen as a couple, it's indeed a monogamous animal.
Like seahorses, it's the male that incubates the 200 to 400 eggs that the female lays.
The pipefish is carnivorous, it feeds on very small planktonic invertebrates.
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 kakihona sushi (sushi wrapped in persimmon leaves) are really the best!
To eat them, you have to go to Nara!
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.