Photo: Hugues Evano (IFREMER, Délégation océan Indien (DOI), Département Ressources Biologiques et Environnement (RBE), F-97420 Le Port, France) · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Description
- 📏 up to 1 m
- 🌊 passes, drop-offs, lagoon
The doublespotted queenfish is a slim, silvery fish with a row of large dark spots on its flanks. It chases small fish quickly along the edge of passes and can leap out of the water. Its dorsal and anal fins carry venomous spines that can inflict painful stings.
Did you know?
In Tahitian it is called rai (sometimes doubled: rai rai), a name found in several archipelagos.
Source: TAXREF vernacular database
Tahitian names: TAXREF (INPN/MNHN) – Society Islands. French name: Carangue leurre.
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