Photo: Marc Taquet · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Description
- 📏 up to 30 cm
- 🌊 lagoons, slopes
The blotcheye soldierfish is silvery red, with large eyes. It hides by day in caves and comes out to hunt at night.
Did you know?
In Tahitian: ʻiʻihi.
Source: TAXREF vernacular database
Tahitian names: TAXREF (INPN/MNHN) – Society Islands. French name: Rouget gros yeux.
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