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Pez mariposa hocicona (Forcipiger flavissimus), Anilao, Filipinas, 2023-08-25, DD 194
2023-08-25
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- CC BY-SA 4.0, as the museum states it.
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About this work
Yellow longnose butterflyfish (Forcipiger flavissimus), Anilao, Philippines. It is a small fish which grows up to 22 centimetres (8.7 in) in length and a species that can also be found in the aquarium trade. It's widespread throughout the tropical waters of the Indo-Pacific area from the eastern coast of Africa to Hawaii, Red Sea included, and is also found in the eastern Pacific Ocean. This species is territorial and it has been observed that they emit sounds through complicated body movements to advertise territorial boundaries.
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