Babies 2 - and a true fishy tale - a photo on Flickriver

            a tiny Picasso Triggerfish  juvenile - Rhinecanthus aculeatus - floating on the surface of the water - definitely the smallest I have ever seen. Probably less than a cm long I was not even sure it was a Picasso until I looked at the photo on a computer.

As I was watching and clicking the shutter two young blue fin trevally dashed up from beneath him and were just as suddenly gone. Where I had been looking was now just blue sea. I assumed the worst, and then I noticed that the piece of stalk/weed had disappeared. A few seconds later I saw a tiny body laying completely still at the surface. 

A hand wafted near him - and he scooted off. 

( Normally baby Picasso triggerfish are found on or very close to the sea bed and are ready to retreat into a hole when they sense danger. Do they go through a floating stage after hatching before they move near the sea floor??? A quick look at Google didn't provide an answer and possibly not a lot is known about how the young change after they hatch as it seems they have not been bred in captivity.  The next photo shows slightly bigger juveniles of this species)

Taken on: March 18, 2019

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mauritius

underwater

juvenile

White-banded triggerfish

Rhinecanthus aculeatus

baby

Picasso triggerfish « less

Camera: Sony DSC-RX100, f/9.0, 1/400 sec, 10.4mm, ISO 200 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Sony DSC-RX100
Aperture:	f/9.0
Exposure Time:	0.003 sec (1/400)
Focal Length:	10.4mm
ISO:	200
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Shutter speed priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Manual
Light Source:	Cloudy
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	DSC-RX100 v1.10
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