Scientific name: Balistoides conspicillum
Size: Up to 1,7 foot
Color: Black, white, yellow
Distinguishing feature: Black with big white spots on the lower part of the body. Orange lips.
Where did we see it: Bali and Gili, Zanzibar, Thailand, French polynesia, Maldives, Raja Ampat
Scientific name: Balistoides conspicillum
Size: Up to 1,7 foot
Color: Black, white, yellow
Distinguishing feature: Black with big white spots on the lower part of the body. Orange lips.
Where did we see it: Bali and Gili, Zanzibar, Thailand, French polynesia, Maldives, Raja Ampat
The caudal fin begins with a large backbone. This can lock in a vertical position, hold by the second spine. To undo this position, you have to press the third spine that unlocks everything. This thorn serves as a bully but also to hang in crevices so that we can not get out.
It name triggerfish comes from this system.
Triggerfish's eyes can move independently.
They can live up to 10 years and transmit the ciguatera.
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.
Parrotfish create a protective envelope around them when they are sleeping.
So, don't put the light on them during night dive to don't to wake them up and break this envelope.
Mammals have a horizontal tail.
Fishes have a vertical fin.
