Chevron Butterflyfish - Chaetodon trifascialis (night colors)

- No description given -

comments (6)

Ferdy Christant

Lion

What a gorgeous fish! Posted 4 years ago
1. Patomarazul
  
  Lion
  
  Indeed! Sometimes with night colors they can look even prettier! Posted 4 years ago

Thibaud Aronson

Lion

Beautiful!! I saw those in Micronesia, but never with these night colors (what is that exactly, a coloration that is only revealed at night?)! Posted 4 years ago
1. Patomarazul
  
  Lion
  
  Yes, many fishes change colors at night :-) It is mostly a protective mechanism but in some of them can also be part of a sexual display. See a bit more on it here:
  https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jfb.13849
  http://www.seafriends.org.nz/indepth/sleeping_fish.htm Posted 4 years ago
2. 1. Thibaud Aronson
    
    Lion
    
    Remarkable, I had no idea. Thanks for teaching me that! Posted 4 years ago
  2. 1. Patomarazul
      
      Lion
      
      You are welcome! Always happy to share my own learnings :-) Posted 4 years ago

The Chevron Butterflyfish

The Chevron Butterflyfish, also known as Triangulate Butterflyfish or V-lined Butterflyfish, is a species of butterflyfish found in the Indo-Pacific from the Red Sea and East Africa to the Hawaiian and Society Islands.

Info 5 0

Similar species: Butterflyfishes, Angelfishes

Species identified by Patomarazul

By Patomarazul

Uploaded Sep 12, 2020. Captured Nov 9, 2019 12:47 in Unnamed Road, Kobe, Weda Tengah, Kabupaten Halmahera Tengah, Maluku Utara, Indonesia.

Explore Indonesia 10,751 2,570 0

TG-5
f/4.0
1/80s
ISO200
7.34mm

Captured in the fall. More fall photos.