Scientific name: Tridacna maxima
Size: Up to 24 inches
Color: Colorful (blue, green, purple)
Distinguishing feature: Asymmetrical white shell and elongated with a lateral view. Possessing generally 5 (up to 7) ribs. Many short and tight scales. Skin wide and often blue.
Where did we see it: Bali and Gili, Zanzibar, Thailand, French polynesia, Mayotte, Maldives, Raja Ampat, Egypt
Scientific name: Tridacna maxima
Size: Up to 24 inches
Color: Colorful (blue, green, purple)
Distinguishing feature: Asymmetrical white shell and elongated with a lateral view. Possessing generally 5 (up to 7) ribs. Many short and tight scales. Skin wide and often blue.
Where did we see it: Bali and Gili, Zanzibar, Thailand, French polynesia, Mayotte, Maldives, Raja Ampat, Egypt
During the day, he lets appear his skin to ensure photosynthesis.
It is able to close it shell very quickly, breaking anything that would find half in the shell.
It's a species that is on the red list, particularly because of the consumption of its flesh, which is now prohibited for sale.
Parrotfish create a protective envelope around them when they are sleeping.
So, don't put the light on them during night dive to don't to wake them up and break this envelope.
Mammals have a horizontal tail.
Fishes have a vertical fin.
The tiger shark has slender marks similars to the lines of tigers, hence its name.
When it is juvenile, these marks are round and not vertical. They change when it grows.