The Exquisite Butterflyfish is one of my favorite fish. I have seen them many times in the Red Sea.
Usually two fish swim together.
This fish is also called blacktail butterflyfish (in latin Chaetodon austriacus). It is native to the western Indian Ocean but has reached the Mediterranean Sea as a migrant through the Suez Canal.
Here is one of the lovely closeup photos I managed to capture in Sahl Hasheesh, in the Red Sea.
Canthigaster margaritata. The Red Sea Toby.
A small and cute fish, which is hard to find and capture with the
camera.
The size: 12 cm / 4,7 inches.
The color: Dark brown to olive, except for a white belly, covered in blue spots, blue line markings between the eyes and on the back.
Most common in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, but also in the Indian Ocean and Indo-Pacific tot Japan.
The underwater world is so beautiful, exotic, colorful and magnificent.
This post is for your inspiration. A little bit of joy and color to the day! Hope you like what you see.
The underwater world is so exciting, beautiful and magnificent.
This post is for your inspiration. A little bit of joy and color to the day! Hope you like what you see.
If you want to have a look at more fish and coral photographies, welcome to my fish art pages.
What a thrill it is to dive into the Red Sea waters. Each time I am happy and excited, and I know I will see beautiful sealife, maybe a few new species… and all those wonderful, colorful corals, that Red Sea still has.
Here are a few of my new underwater photos:
If you are interested in wall art with exotic and gorgeous sealife photos, or bags and pillows, pouches and shirts, welcome to my Redbubble page.
THE RED SEA AND EUROPE 