This species of fish live only in the most protected reef of the sea,
they need a depth of between 1 to 45 meters. The fish are in safe areas
warmer Pacific and the Red Sea. They have a rigid body fortified and
offered their protection against predators, although their morphology
le resta quickly in their movements.
It moves through the impetus of their pectoral fins in the form of
range, helped by the undulation waved from the dorsal and anal fins.
Its thorny armor, introduced small thorns and tubers that give texture
rough and uneven. When they feel threatened has the ability to secrete
a poisonous substance that makes them returned by their predators when
they have tried devour. The toxicity of this substance is due to
ingestion of a type of algae that gives this defense.
The fish has a chest with a wide variety of skin colors that are bright
warning sign for the rest of animals under this is a venomous fish.
Their size alone could reach 45 centimetres long. Their food is basa in
small animals like worms, crabs, clams, fish, as well as seaweed.
The male is territorial and played with all the females in his harem
when water temperatures are warm. The mating ritual, is that the male
shows its striking colors spinning around the female, then the couple
moves to the surface and the male transmitting sound waves, so strong
that they can perceive divers who find themselves in the place. Later,
the female spawning leaving the embryos which have been mating, and
they will be washed away.
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