Bluetail trunkfish (Ostracion cyanurus)

Bluetail trunkfish (Ostracion cyanurus)

Category Fishes
Maximum length 15 cm
Class Actinopterygii
Order Tetraodontiformes
Family Ostraciidae
Genus Ostracion
Shoot place Gardens Bay
Shoot date 2018-10-09

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   Adult males are typically dark blue with spots on the sides and underparts and greenish-yellow on the upperparts, unspotted. Females are yellow with blue spots and red cheeks. Females have a slightly concave dorsal profile of the head, while males have a convex profile.

 

 

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