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#Inktober2021 #FishEdition Day 28: Two-Tone Chromis Two-Tone Chromis are almost always seen in small to large shoals swimming a meter or so above the reef. At the slightest hint of danger the entire shoal disappears simultaneously into hiding. 📸 WikiCommons

21/10/28 19:58

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#Inktober2021 #FishEdition Day 22: Silverspot Squirrelfish These Squirrelfish are nocturnal hunters feeding near the bottom on small fish & swimming crustaceans. 📸 Rickard Zerpe

21/10/22 18:17

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#Inktober2021 #FishEdition Day 21: One-spot Snapper The One spot Snapper is generally seen solitary as a juvenile but the adults are sometimes seen in small shoals swimming above the reef on slopes during the day. Theses shoals comprise of fifteen to twenty fish.

21/10/21 17:32

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#Inktober2021 #FishEdition Day 19: Halfmoon triggerfish The halfmoon triggerfish lives around seaward reefs and shallow lagoons. It is solitary and is often found around coral looking for small invertebrates, like crustaceans and worms, on which it feeds. 📸 SeaUnseen

21/10/19 17:24

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#Inktober2021 #FishEdition Day 17: Tricolour Parrotfish Tricolor Parrotfish are sequential hermaphrodites. The coloration varies between males and females and these are less colorful and are sometimes difficult to tell apart. 📸WikiCommons

21/10/17 21:48

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#Inktober2021 #FishEdition Day 11: Bengal snapper These fish are rather mysterious, little is known about their maturity or reproductive biology and their maximum age is unknown.

21/10/11 17:41

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#Inktober2021 #FishEdition Day 10: Blackspotted Puffer - also known as the dog-faced puffer! This puffer feeds on algae, corals, sponges, sea squirts, crustaceans and molluscs. They have continuous growing teeth, but are usually worn down by the corals it chews on.

21/10/10 18:15

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#Inktober2021 #FishEdition Day 8: Striped large-eye bream These are a species of Emperor fish and get their name from the conspicuous yellow blotch just behind the dorsal fin. ©️SeaUnseen

21/10/08 18:56

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#Inktober2021 #FishEdition Day 5: Pemba Chromis Not frequently sighted, these fish form scattered groups near the shelter provided by drop-offs, they then swim up above the coral to feed. ©️ Seaunseen

21/10/05 18:33

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#Inktober2021 #FishEdition Day 1: Striped poison-fang blenny mimic (#Petroscirtesbreviceps). Found singly or in pairs, over sand and weedy areas of coastal and lagoon reefs, nesting and sheltering in bottles, abandoned shells and abandoned worm tubes.

21/10/01 19:14