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Orange-dotted Tuskfish
Choerodon anchorago
-12.2541, 116.807
Field Notes
Description:
This species can reach a length of 50 cm (20 in). It is commercially important, and can be found in the aquarium trade.[2]
Along with blackspot tuskfish and a few other wrasse species, orange-dotted tuskfish have been observed taking small bivalves into the mouth and smashing them against a rock, a form of tool use by animals.[3][4][5]
Habitat:
is a species of wrasse native to the Indian Ocean from Sri Lanka eastward to French Polynesia in the western Pacific. Its range extends north to the Ryukyus and south to New Caledonia. It inhabits reefs at depths from 1 to 25 m (3.3–82.0 ft).
Notes:
I could not find out what this was for a long time as I thought it was a parrot fish. Then saw it on TV - thank you David Attenborough!
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