Giant butterflyfish
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Giant Butterflyfish ( Chaetodon lineolatus ) |
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Cuvier , 1831 |
The giant butterflyfish ( Chaetodon lineolatus ) is the largest species in the butterflyfish family . It reaches a length of up to 30 centimeters.
The silvery, high-backed and laterally flattened body shows a series of narrow black vertical stripes as well as a broad black stripe on the head that runs over the eyes. The black band that stretches along the back from the middle area of the dorsal fin to the base of the tail is striking. The rear areas of the dorsal and anal fin, however, are strikingly yellow in color.
The giant butterflyfish lives in the Red Sea and in the tropical Indo-Pacific from the coast of East Africa to Japan and French Polynesia . Its preferred habitat are reefs with strong coral growth, where it can be found up to a depth of over 100 meters.
The striped butterflyfish mainly eats coral polyps and small sea anemones . Due to its special nutritional requirements, it is unsuitable for keeping aquariums.
literature
- Robert A. Patzner, Horst Moosleitner: Non-Perciformes (non-perch-like) as well as butterfly and angelfish. Mergus, Melle 1999, ISBN 3-88244-116-X ( Sea Water Atlas. Volume 6).
Web links
- Giant Butterflyfish on Fishbase.org (English)
- Chaetodon lineolatus inthe IUCN 2013 Red List of Threatened Species . Posted by: Myers, R. & Pratchett, M., 2009. Retrieved February 6, 2014.