Scientific name: Caranx melampygus
Size: Up to 3.3 foot
Color: silver gray, blue, yellow, coppery green gray
Distinguishing feature: Body is silver gray, upper part coppery green gray with small dots. Blue electric fins, except the falciform pectoral fins which are yellow.
Where did we see it: Zanzibar, Mayotte, Maldives, Raja Ampat
Scientific name: Caranx melampygus
Size: Up to 3.3 foot
Color: silver gray, blue, yellow, coppery green gray
Distinguishing feature: Body is silver gray, upper part coppery green gray with small dots. Blue electric fins, except the falciform pectoral fins which are yellow.
Where did we see it: Zanzibar, Mayotte, Maldives, Raja Ampat
This trevally loves the external slopes of lagoons, rocky coral reefs or passes. She lives between the surface and 6.3 foot.
Juveniles like the shallow waters of sandy coasts or brackish waters, it is possible to see them go up the rivers.
The whale shark is the largest fish in the world!
Some whales are larger, but they are mammals, not fish!
Turtles are in economy mode when they are sleeping. If they are woken during night, they may not have enough air to return to surface.
So, please be careful during night dives!
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.
