Priacanthus blochii

Diver's Lodge, Lembeh.

comments (8)

Flown Kimmerling

Lion

It looks like a plastic toy fish! :O How weird! Posted 6 years ago
1. Patomarazul
  
  Lion
  
  is missing the hook to be fished out :-D Posted 6 years ago

Christine Young

Lion

Any thoughts on what's up with its eye? Is it sleeping? Posted 6 years ago
1. Ferdy Christant
  
  Lion
  
  flash, maybe? Posted 6 years ago
2. Patomarazul
  
  Lion
  
  They are nocturnal predators. Their eyes have crystals that reflect light to see better in the dark. In this case the flash probably hit its eye and made the reflective effect as it happens with eyes of nocturnal animals in land.
  See this:
  http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/210/1181/499 Posted 6 years ago
3. 1. Patomarazul
    
    Lion
    
    More on the tapetum lucidum :-)
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tapetum_lucidum Posted 6 years ago
  2. 1. Patomarazul
      
      Lion
      
      ah, and the red line may just be a blood vessel in the eye :-) Posted 6 years ago
    2. 1. Christine Young
        
        Lion
        
        Tapetum lucidum didn't even occur to me! So cool!! Thanks Marta :) Posted 6 years ago