iPhone photo. Surprising find for this time of year! Nectaring from Vitex beside SEB.
on Melothria pendula
Cibolo Nature Center
Cibolo Nature Center
This fish looks pretty similar to Caracanthus typicus but it had black dots. I can't find any reference suggesting such color variation for C. typicus. Could it possibly be the Indo-Pacific C. maculatus or a new registry of color variation in C. typicus? This fish looked insured and/or sick. Different to this observation of a juvie: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/125270186
This fish looks pretty similar to Caracanthus typicus but it had black dots. I can't find any reference suggesting such color variation for C. typicus. Could it possibly be the Indo-Pacific C. maculatus or a new registry of color variation in C. typicus? This one was juvenile looking, different to https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/125270172