Zanzibar Archipelago - List of fishes

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dusky gregory

Stegastes nigricans

9 cm

living as a couple or in a group

omnivorous

blue-lined wrasse

Stethojulis albovittata

10 cm

living in a group or alone

omnivorous with carnivorous tendency

Synanceia verrucosa

Synanceiidae

27 cm

solitary

carnivorous

leaf scorpionfish

Taenianotus triacanthus

8 cm

solitary

carnivorous

sixbar wrasse

Thalassoma hardwicke

15 cm

living in a group or alone

omnivorous with carnivorous tendency

The sixbar wrasse frequents shallow lagoons and offshore coral reefs. It lives in small, scattered groups and spends its days hunting small fish and foraminifera, tiny single-celled organisms. Like other wrasses, this fish changes color throughout its growth.

yellowfin tuna

Thunnus albacares

150 cm

living in shoals

carnivorous

moorish idol

Zanclus cornutus

20 cm

living in a group or alone

omnivorous with carnivorous tendency

twotone tang

Zebrasoma scopas

15 cm

living in a group or alone

omnivorous with herbivorous tendency

The twotone tang, like its counterparts, possesses scalpels at the base of the caudal fin. In times of danger, it can extend two small blades for protection against predators. Adults of these fish typically live in groups of around twenty individuals. They gather in large schools to spawn during the breeding season. They are exclusively herbivorous and graze on algae in coral-rich areas.

Zanzibar Archipelago - List of fishes

dusky gregory

blue-lined wrasse

Synanceia verrucosa

leaf scorpionfish

sixbar wrasse

yellowfin tuna

moorish idol

twotone tang

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