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Description. Pearlscale butterflyfish can grow to a standard length of 15 centimetres (5.9 in) with no discernible differences between males and females. The body is pearly white and the scales have black edges, giving the sides a more cross-hatched pattern instead of the clear chevrons in related species. The hind parts are orangey-yellow, the ...
The yellow longnose butterflyfish or forceps butterflyfish (Forcipiger flavissimus) is a species of marine fish in the family Chaetodontidae.. The yellow longnose butterflyfish is widespread throughout the tropical waters of the Indo-Pacific area from the eastern coast of Africa to Hawaii, Red Sea included, and is also found in the eastern Pacific Ocean from Baja California to the ...
The Seychelles butterflyfish ( Chaetodon madagaskariensis) is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a butterflyfish belonging to the family Chaetodontidae. It is found in the Indian Ocean from eastern Africa (as far south as Port Elizabeth in South Africa) east to Cocos-Keeling Islands and Christmas Island, north to Sri Lanka.
Anisochaetodon argentatus (Smith & Radcliffe, 1911) Chaetodon argentatus, the Asian butterflyfish, three band butterflyfish or black pearlscaled butterflyfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish a butterflyfish belonging to the family Chaetodontidae. It is native to the western Pacific Ocean.
Description. The characteristic feature of the Pearlscale is its thick, domed scales with pearl-like appearance. [ 1][ 3] Its body is round and similar to a golf ball. The finnage may be long or short. Pearlscales can reach up to 8 inches long and grow up as large as an orange. [ 3] Pearlscale goldfish are susceptible to swimbladder disorders ...
The ornate butterflyfish ( Chaetodon ornatissimus ), or clown butterflyfish is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a butterflyfish in the family Chaetodontidae . The ornate butterflyfish is a close relative of the mailed butterflyfish ( C. reticulatus) and the scrawled butterflyfish ( C. meyeri ). [ 3] Together they make up the subgenus called ...
Black-backed butterflyfish are generally found between 4 and 20 m deep, usually solitary, in pairs during the breeding season. Juveniles are more commonly found inshore, in pairs or traveling in small groups. It feeds primarily on the polyps of soft and hard corals. The Black-backed Butterflyfish is easy to maintain in the aquarium by the ...
Chaetodon is a tropical fish genus in the family Chaetodontidae. Like their relatives, they are known as "butterflyfish". This genus is by far the largest among the Chaetodontidae, with about 90 living species included here, [1] though most might warrant recognition as distinct genera.