Photo: Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Description
- 📏 up to 1 m
- 🌊 lagoons and passes, sandy bottoms
The longnose emperor has an elongated, beak-shaped snout. It lives in sandy lagoons and feeds on small fish and crustaceans. Its flesh is highly regarded.
Did you know?
In Tahitian it is called ʻoʻeo or utu roa; the juvenile is known as ʻaʻaravi.
Source: TAXREF vernacular database
Tahitian names: TAXREF (INPN/MNHN) – Society Islands. French name: Bec de canne.
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