Photo: Julien Bidet for MDC Seamarc · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Description
- 📏 up to 50 cm
- 🌊 lagoons, passes, drop-offs; schools by day
The humpback red snapper has an arched back and a notched tail. It forms large schools that rest by day near drop-offs and wrecks, then hunt at night. Its colour varies from pinkish-grey to red.
Did you know?
Its Tahitian name is taea (or tuhara). The English name « paddletail » comes from the shape of its tail.
Source: TAXREF vernacular database
Tahitian names: TAXREF (INPN/MNHN) – Society Islands. French name: Perche pagaie.
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