Blackspot tuskfish
The blackspot tuskfish, Choerodon schoenleinii, is a wrasse native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean from Mauritius to Indonesia and Australia north to the Ryukyus. This species occurs on reefs, preferring areas with sandy substrates or areas of weed growth. It can be found at depths from, though rarely deeper than. It can reach in TL, and the greatest published weight for this species is. It is important to local commercial fisheries and is also farmed. It is popular as a game fish and can be found in the aquarium trade.
In Hong Kong, its Cantonese name, tsing yi, has been given to an island.Documentation of tool use
In July 2011, a professional diver photographed a blackspot tuskfish bashing a clam on a rock to break the shell, apparently a use of the rock as a tool, the first documented example of tool use in Osteichthyes.
