One of the most strikingly beautiful fish on Bonaire's reefs is the queen angelfish. And the juvenile queen angelfish are a treat to find. This year seems to be a very good year for juveniles. While in other years, we might be happy to find one on a dive, this year we know sites where we can find 6 or 7 in one dive, and we have been watching them grow since the beginning of the year. Juveniles and adult fish share the same electric blue color, but adults lose the blue stripes. The smallest juveniles (bottom photo) are about 3 inches long. They dart in and out of shelter, so they are easy to enjoy, but hard to photograph. This intermediate stage (middle photo) is about 5 inches long. This adult (top photo) is about 12 inches long.
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