Bluetail trunkfish (Ostracion cyanurus)

Bluetail trunkfish (Ostracion cyanurus)

Category Fishes
Maximum length 15 cm
Class Actinopterygii
Order Tetraodontiformes
Family Ostraciidae
Genus Ostracion
Shoot place Ras Um Sid Bay
Shoot date 2022-10-22

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   Adult males are typically dark blue with spots on the sides and underparts and greenish-yellow on the upper body, 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 one. They are distinguished by a unique "shell" of fused bony plates, a slow movement, and the ability to secrete the venom ostraciotoxin when stressed.

 

 

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