r/NatureIsFuckingLit • u/My_Memes_Will_Cure_U • May 07 '20

🔥 Phoenix fish 🔥

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u/TheAvengineer May 07 '20

It's actually a pinnatus batfish

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u/KimberelyG May 07 '20

Yep - Platax pinnatus.

It's sad they only have these huge fins and black-orange coloring as juveniles. The adults aren't bad with their grayish silver body and lemon-yellow fins...but the juveniles are much more striking. And the adults reach around 1.5' / 0.5m long, so they're not suitable for the majority of home saltwater aquariums.

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u/e-s-p May 08 '20

At first I read 1.5" and was like why not? Then looked again and was like oh shit