Tag: Fish
Materials found: 21
Lined Butterflyfish
A large butterflyfish with a silvery-white body covered with thin dark vertical lines and a yellow rear part of the body. Inhabits coral reefs, more often found in pairs and feeds mainly on coral polyps.
Chaetodon lineolatus
Live Sharksucker
An elongated fish with a characteristic sucker on the upper side of the head, allowing it to attach to sharks, rays, turtles, and large fish. Inhabits tropical and subtropical seas, feeding on food remains from the host and small invertebrates.
Echeneis naucrates
Longfin Bannerfish
The longfin bannerfish is a reef fish with a high body and a characteristic strongly elongated anterior ray of the dorsal fin in the form of a long white "banner." Coloration is white with two wide black stripes and yellow rear fins; usually found in pairs or small groups near coral reefs.
Heniochus acuminatus