Tuskfish Print
Price range: $35.00 through $75.00
Clever, powerful and tool-using—a fish that challenges what we think animals can do. Perfect for reef nerds and science lovers.
Product details
Species Name
Want to include the species name (common and scientific) below the illustration? Let me know in your order.
What you’ll get
White space is added to the digital version of the artwork to accommodate a matboard. The artwork will be landscape orientation.
My paintings are printed onto fancy gold fibre gloss (310gsm) paper. This paper makes the colours pop without the in-your-face type of reflective gloss.
Time Frames
I’ll ship your order within two weeks of receiving it (but hopefully sooner)!
Shipping is through Australia Post, with a flat rate of AU $11 (domestic) or AU $29 (international). I’m always on the hunt for cheaper shipping alternatives!
Got a question? Want to customise?
Reach out! I’ll be stoked to help.
Meet the Blackspot Tusk Fish
Choerodon schoenleinii
Blackspot tuskfish are found in the tropical waters of the Indo-Pacific region, particularly in the Great Barrier Reef and surrounding areas.
They are colourful, clever and not bad on the tools.
A professional diver was able to photograph a wild blackspot tuskfish picking up a cockle with its mouth and slamming it against a rock to access its juicy insides. This snap became the first documentation of a fish using a tool! This was at a depth of 18 metres, just as the diver was running out of breath.
Maybe next we should give the fish an Allen key to see how they go with an IKEA flat pack.
Blackspot tuskfish are protogynous hermaphrodites, meaning they change sex during their lifetime. They begin their lives as females and later transition into males.
They hang out in harems, where there are many females and just one male. When the man moves out, one of the larger ladies does a switcharoo and transforms into a male so they can take over the dominant role.