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
- 🌊 open water, passes, drop-offs
The rainbow runner is a streamlined blue-and-green fish with two blue bands and one yellow band along its body. Fast and voracious, it is often seen in open water near drop-offs. It is appreciated by sport fishermen.
Did you know?
Its Tahitian name roeroe or oroe is found in several archipelagos, showing the importance of this fast fish to Polynesian fishermen.
Source: TAXREF vernacular database
Tahitian names: TAXREF (INPN/MNHN) – Society Islands. French name: Carangue arc-en-ciel.
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