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Hoplolatilus
Hoplolatilus is a genus of tilefishes native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean. The chameleon tilefish (Hoplolatilus chlupatyi), also known as the flashing tilefish, is well known in particular in the aquarium hobby due to its unique ability to change colors in an instant with the help of specialized proteins in its skin that can reflect light in different wavelengths, allowing it to cycle between primary and secondary colors on the light spectrum.
13 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 13 known species
Bluehead Tilefish
speciesHoplolatilus starcki
Green Tilefish
speciesHoplolatilus cuniculus
Purple tilefish
speciesHoplolatilus purpureus
Blue Green Tilefish
speciesHoplolatilus randalli
Redback Sand Tilefish
speciesHoplolatilus marcosi
Yellow-spotted Tilefish
speciesHoplolatilus fourmanoiri
Red Sea Deep-water Tilefish
speciesHoplolatilus geo
Shiny-back Tilefish
speciesHoplolatilus oreni
Pohle's Tilefish
speciesHoplolatilus pohle
Andaman Tilefish
speciesHoplolatilus andamanensis
Cameleon tilefish
speciesHoplolatilus chlupatyi
Pastel Tilefish
speciesHoplolatilus fronticinctus
Triton Tilefish
speciesHoplolatilus erdmanni
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 88955.