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Identification, Chaetodon
Behavior, Chaetodon
Compatibility, Chaetodon
Selection, Chaetodon Systems,
Chaetodon Feeding, Chaetodon Disease, Chaetodon Reproduction, Threadfins (C. auriga), Raccoons (C. lunula & C. fasciatus),
Double Saddleback (C.
ulietensis), Butterflyfish
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Chaetodon flavocoronatus
Myers 1860, the Yellow-Crowned Butterflyfish. Only recorded from
Guam in the western Pacific. A great beauty and with a high price
to match its rareness and deepwater where it is
collected.
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Chaetodon guentheri Ahl
1913, Gunther's Butterflyfish. Found along the Wallace Line,
from southern Japan to eastern Australia. To five inches
long. Aquarium image. |
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Chaetodon hoefleri
Steindachner 1883, Hoefler's Butterflyfish. Found on
Africa's tropical western coast. To eight inches. |
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Chaetodon kleinii Bloch
1790, Klein's Butterflyfish. Widespread from Hawai'i over
to Africa's east coast. To five inches overall. A hardy, but
shy species that often perishes due to too much commotion and
competition in captivity. Below: A juvenile and adult in
Hawai'i, an adult one Redang, Malaysia.
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Chaetodon
lunula (Lacepede 1803), the Raccoon Butterflyfish.
Though not as attractive as its namesake in the Red Sea (C.
fasciatus), the Indo-Pacific Raccoon is just as hardy, and
a very good choice for eating pest Aiptasia anemones in reef
tanks, though it will consume coral polyps in some cases. Click
on name for more information, images. This one in the Cook
Islands, South Pacific.
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Chaetodon marleyi Regan
1921, the South African Butterflyfish. Rare in the trade in the
west, this species wraps around the cape of South Africa in its
distribution, Atlantic and Indian Oceans (only one). Subtropical in
thermal range. Juvenile (by Michael Engelbrecht)
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Chaetodon madagaskariensis Ahl 1923. Pearly or
Chevron Butterflyfish. To five inches. Feeds on invertebrates and algae.
Western Indian Ocean. Here a juvenile and adult in Mauritius in 2016. |
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Chaetodon
melannotus Bloch & Schneider 1801, the
Black-Backed Butterflyfish. To six inches, mainly 3-4.
Widespread distribution from Africa's east coast and Red Sea
(pictured here) over to the mid-Pacific. Hardy, though it does
eat soft and hard coral polyps. Red Sea images, 2 and 4"
specimens. bsp;
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Chaetodon mertensii Cuvier
1831, the Chevron or Merten's Butterflyfish. A common, but
hardy and good-looking species. You may find the Indian Ocean
variety of this species listed/sold as C. madagaskariensis...
it's the same species. Tropical central Pacific to east
African coast. To five inches long. Pictured: one in the GBR, off
of Heron Island and one in the Cooks, South Pacific by RMF
and an aquarium pic.
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Chaetodon mesoleucos
Forsskal 1775, the White-Face Butterflyfish. Only found in the
Red Sea and adjoining Gulf of Aden. To six inches total length.
Can be aggressive toward other B/Fs. Aquarium image.
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Chaetodon
mitratus Gunther 1860, the Indian Butterflyfish. Found in
many areas of the central Indian Ocean. Deepwater. In same complex
as C. tinkeri, C. burgessi, C. declivis, C. flavocoronatus. Also
about five inches in length maximum. Aquarium photos of a juvenile
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