Sunburst butterflyfish
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| Chaetodon kleinii Bloch, 1790 |
The sunburst butterflyfish may also be known as the blacklip butterflyfish or Klein's butterflyfish. In the creoles of Mauritius and Réunion it is called the papillon.[1]
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[edit] Range
The sunburst butterflyfish is a native of the Indo-Pacific: the Red Sea and East Africa to the Hawaiian Islands and Samoa, north to southern Japan, south to Australia and New Caledonia. It is also found in Galapagos Islands in the the Eastern Pacific. [1]
[edit] Description and Habits
The body of the fish is yellowish brown with two broad white vertical bars, one running from near the origin of the dorsal spine and the other from the middle of the back. A black bar runs vertically across the eye and there are numerous dotted horizontal stripes on the sides.
These fish are oviparous, forming pairs during breeding.
[edit] Diet
In the wild the sunburst butterflyfish is omnivorous, feeding mainly on soft coral polyps (mainly Sarcophyton tracheliophorum and Litophyton viridis), algae and zooplankton.
[edit] Habitat
The sunburst butterflyfish is found at depths of 4m – 61m, usually in deeper lagoons and channels and seaward reefs, swimming singly or in pairs.
[edit] In the Aquarium
In captivity Klein's Butterflyfish will eat meaty food such as mysis. It is a good Aiptasia eater but it often nibbles coral polyps. [2]
[edit] References
- ^ a b "Chaetodon kleinii". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. 7 2007 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2007.
- ^ Pet education
