You’ll be thankful for the long fin rays.
The African Pompano, one of three members of the diamond trevally genus, are easy to spot with their elongated anal and dorsal fin rays. These fin rays provide camouflage, and will become shorter as the fish gets older. They can be completely absent by adulthood – just like how some of us may lose our hair when we grow old!
Did you know?
These ‘Rapunzels of the seas’ have fin rays that are four times the length of their bodies. Imagine your hair four times the length of your body!