Look at the following two pictures, as if a diver has been swallowed into the stomach by a fish. Only the legs are left.
In fact, it is only the visual confusion caused by the shooting angle.
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Curved lip fish (scientific name: Cheilinus undulatus, also known as corrugated parrot, corrugated lip fish), often commonly known as Sumei fish, but also has other aliases such as Napoleon fish, dragon king seabream, haigo dragon king and large tsai, which is one of the species of rayfin fish perch suborder bulbophyllaceae. It is currently protected by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES).
The main habitat areas are distributed in the Red Sea, the east coast of Africa in the Indian Ocean to the central Pacific Ocean, Taiwan and the South China Sea islands, etc., and juvenile fish mostly live in shallow waters on the inside of the reef disc and adult fish are commonly found in the deeper waters outside the reef disc.
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Large carp with a gentle personality. Because the forehead is high and bulging, like the hat worn by Napoleon, it is called "Napoleon's fish".
The eyes of the adult fish are small, located on the upper side of the head, the distance between the two eyes is very raised, the body is long and oblong; the head contour is straight from the back to the eye, and then protrudes; the adult forehead is prominent. The mouth is large obliquely lobed , with a column of tapered teeth on the upper and lower jaws , a pair of large canine teeth at the front end , and a serrated edge of the anterior gill cap. The body is covered with large round scales. The caudal fin has a rounded margin , a dark green color on the head and neck , a yellowish-green color on the sides of the body , and dark wavy transverse stripes on the posterior half of the body. Juveniles are dark blue , with many scarlet stripes on the head and abdomen , and purple stripes at the end of the scales of the body. The head has two parallel black bands passing through the eyes. There are 9 dorsal spines, 10 dorsal fin soft strips, 3 fin spines, and 8 fin soft strips. The body length can reach 200 cm.
Its huge size is delicious and is used as a valuable edible fish, and it can also be used as an ornamental fish in aquariums or large display fish tanks.
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This fish, which can grow up to 2 meters, of course, cannot swallow a diver.