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Blacksaddle Filefish
Paraluteres prionurus
-5.43333, 123.767
Field Notes
Description:
Easily identified by the black "saddles" on its back and the yellow tail. They occur either in pairs or in schools. This guy was in a pair, but the photo where I got both of them came out blurry! They are actually a mimic of the saddled pufferfish, which is highly poisonous (these guys aren't!).
Habitat:
Coral reefs of the Indo-Pacific
Notes:
I saw a few of these guys, mostly in pairs. Going through old dive photos, which I didn't think were very good because they were taken on my old camera.
Species ID Suggestions
Spotted for Missions
Photographed
PublishedSeptember 28, 2011
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