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Harlequin Tuskfish (Choerodon fasciatus), family Labridae, order Labriformes, found in the western Pacific Ocean
photograph by Luiz Rocha
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Harlequin Tuskfish (Choerodon fasciatus), family Labridae, order Labriformes, found in the western Pacific Ocean
photograph by Luiz Rocha
New fish alert! Another creature planned to appear in book 1 got its proper design! The blackspotted tuskfish(Choerodon schoenleinii), a wrasse that uses tools. C. schoenleinii and its relative C. anchorago have both been documented to bash clams into rocks repeatedly to open them. At this point I wouldn't even be suprised if we find a wrasse that can recognise itself in mirrors(huh what's that we already did??)
Above is the old sketch back in september last year. I had the idea for them to show their tusks like geladas. I kept the primate element with the new design since it's a quick and easy way to communicate that this is an animal of significant intelligence compared to other fish.
Daily fish fact #692
Wrasses!
Several species of wrasse, including the blackspot tuskfish, California sheephead, yellowhead wrasse, and the orange-dotted tuskfish, have been found to use rocks as tools! These fish will repeatedly smash a hard-shelled invertebrate against a rock, cracking it open and eating the soft insides. Pictured above is the orange-dotted tuskfish!
I distinctly remember seeing a documentary at I think the museum of natural history in late 2019 that described what i THINK i remember being a type of parrotfish using rocks to open sea urchins or scallops or something??? And it’s my go-to cool fish fact but i never can actually use it because I haven’t been able to find a single source actually confirming that or saying what type of fish it was and i feel like I imagined it
Send help (im p sure it was a parrotfish of some sort because i think it had a beak? It seemed pretty small for one, but maybe I dont have the right scale for a parrotfish. Definitely a middling size reef fish)
The fish you are thinking of is the Tuskfish! A common mistake to make, being as they are both Wrasses and are very visually similar.
Tuskfish have been observed using rocks to crush clams, which makes them one of the first (if not the first) fish to be seen using tools.
Science | AAAS
day 103, 06/05/24 - fish of the day is the harlequin tuskfish (Choerodon fasciatus)
Very cute and hardworking Tuskfish
Some fish are way more intelligent that we ever imagined! And #BluePlanet2 features a number of them, but one that will absolutely blow your mind and take away your Monday Blues is the hardworking orange-spotted tusk fish with the never-give-up attitude. This colorful little fish uses a clever method to break open clams and get to the meat within.
via: BBC EARTH
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