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Lyretail grouper

Variola louti

Photo by The MnMs
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Field Notes

Description:

Up to 80 cm grouper. Purple and violet color with yellow at the edge of the fins and spots all over the body.
Territorial, it eats fish, crusteaceans and cephalopods.

Habitat:

It can be seen swimming among surface coral formations and along coral drop-offs.
Red sea and tropical Indo-Pacific

Reference Links:

Yellow-edged lyretail

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Comments (11)
The MnMs
thanks! I will add my Thai spottings there :-)
AdamBT
Hi, Please consider adding this spotting to the mission Biodiversity of Thailand: http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/12531328 Thanks, Adam
The MnMs
Thanks for the comments! is indeed a beautiful fish :-) And thanks for the BDay wishes too :-)
LauraMaria
Oh wow Marta this is beautiful! What a fantastic shot of a stunning fish :)
Elsa
Gorgeous shot and facebook tells me its your birthday so HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!
lori.tas
Wow. What gorgeous fish. And I love the shimmering school of little fish all around it.

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Global Coral Reef Monitoring
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Biodiversity of Thailand

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PublishedAugust 1, 2011

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