Fish
Blue hottentot
Pachymetopon aeneum
A jewel of a reef seabream - cobalt-blue head over a blue-streaked bronzy-yellow body.
Also known as blou hottentot, hottentot - blue bream
- Habitat
- Rocky reefs
Fresh from the water the blue hottentot is a fish of great beauty, with a cobalt-blue head and a blue-streaked bronzy-yellow body. It has a pug-like snout with a characteristic bulge between the eyes.
It is a reef seabream of the southern and eastern Cape, and one of the more colourful residents a diver will meet over rocky ground.