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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 ...
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.
Seychelles butterflyfish. 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 ...
Platax scalaris. G. Cuvier, 1831. Pterophyllum is a small genus of freshwater fish from the family Cichlidae known to most aquarists as angelfish. All Pterophyllum species originate from the Amazon Basin, Orinoco Basin and various rivers in the Guiana Shield in tropical South America. The three species of Pterophyllum are unusually shaped for ...
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 ...
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This species lives in cooler waters than other butterflyfish and can tolerate temperatures down to 10 °C (50 °F) off Japan. [1] It is known to occur as deep as 150 metres (490 ft). It feeds on filamentous algae as well as worms, crustaceans , soft corals, stony corals, sea anemones, and some other benthic invertebrates.
Chaetodon abhortani Cuvier, 1831. Chaetodon reinwardtii Günther, 1860. The black-backed butterflyfish or blackback butterflyfish (Chaetodon melannotus) is a species of butterflyfish (family Chaetodontidae). It is widespread through the Indo-Pacific area from the Red Sea and East Africa to Samoa, to southern Japan and throughout Micronesia.