#pinktail triggerfish

[dreamofsketch]

My sister and I went snorkeling in Hananuma Bay Hawaii a couple of years ago. I started this illustration of all the fish we saw back in 2018, and then life happened and I never finished it... until today. I had fun researching all the species for this.

[wakatobidiveresort]

The pinktail triggerfish is omnivorous, feeding most heavily on algae and detritus, but ingests crustaceans, octopuses and small fishes on occasion. It usually occurs singly and tends to rather hard to approach and photograph. The juveniles settle out of the plankton at a rather large size - around 13 cm in length. In fact, the young fish was described as a separate species, known as Melichthys nycteris. (Photograph: Scott W. Michael)

[trynottodrown]

Pinktail Triggerfish by julesnene

[trynottodrown]

Pinktail Triggerfish