Photo: Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Description
- 📏 up to 35 cm
- 🌊 lagoons, passes, drop-offs; schools
The bluestripe snapper is recognisable by its bright yellow body barred with four blue lines. It forms large schools that rest by day near drop-offs. It hunts small fish and crustaceans at night.
Did you know?
In Tahitian it is called taʻape. A pretty yellow and blue fish seen in schools on many dives.
Source: TAXREF vernacular database
Tahitian names: TAXREF (INPN/MNHN) – Society Islands. French name: Perche à raies bleues.
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