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.
The whale shark is the largest fish in the world!
Some whales are larger, but they are mammals, not fish!
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!
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.
