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The freshwater butterflyfish is a specialized surface hunter. Its eyes are constantly trained to the surface and its upturned mouth is specifically adapted to capture small prey along the water's surface. If enough speed is built up in the water, a butterflyfish can jump and glide a small distance above the surface to avoid predation. It also ...
Pantodontidae. Pantodontidae is a family of ray-finned fish in the order Osteoglossiformes. It contains the living freshwater butterflyfish ( Pantodon buchholzi) of Africa, as well as several extinct marine species from the Late Cretaceous ( Cenomanian) of the Sannine Formation in Lebanon.
Butterflyfish mostly range from 12 to 22 cm (4.7 to 8.7 in) in length. The largest species, the lined butterflyfish and the saddle butterflyfish, C. ephippium, grow to 30 cm (12 in). The common name references the brightly coloured and strikingly patterned bodies of many species, bearing shades of black, white, blue, red, orange, and yellow.
Overall more yellow coloring. 20 cm (7.9 in) Threadfin butterflyfish: Chaetodon auriga: No: White anterior with thin black stripes at 45 and 120 degree angles from the head. Posterior is yellow, but with a black wedge shape where the stripes meet the yellow coloring. 23 cm (9.1 in) Tinker's butterflyfish: Chaetodon tinkeri: No
African butterflyfish. African butterflyfish may refer to: Freshwater butterflyfish, Pantodon bulchhozi, a freshwater bonytongue fish. Chaetodon dolosus, a saltwater butterflyfish. Category: Set index articles on animal common names.
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.
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 ...
The Saint Helena butterflyfish has a silvery-white body with a vertical black band running through the eye. The caudal peduncle is yellow, as are the dorsal and anal fins. The dorsal fin contains 13 spines and 21-23 soft rays while the anal fin has 3 spines and 19 soft rays. This species attains a maximum total length of 18 centimetres (7.1 in).