Jewelry filefish
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Ornamental filefish ( Chaetodermis penicilligerus ) |
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The jewelry filefish ( Chaetodermis penicilligerus ) lives in the sea around the Malay Archipelago , off Malaysia , north to the coasts of southern Japan and south to the Great Barrier Reef in Australia. It prefers lagoons with abundant algae growth and seagrass meadows at depths of 3 to 25 meters. The fish swim slowly, live solitary or in pairs. Ornamental filefish feed on coral polyps , small invertebrates and algae .
features
Ornamental filefish are 30 centimeters long and have a very high-backed, laterally flattened body, which is covered by all sorts of branched skin appendages. This dissolves the body contours ( somatolysis ). The head is large, the mouth terminal . The basic color is sand-colored or gray; narrow black longitudinal lines and isolated zones with small blue dots cover the flanks.
Fin formula : dorsal II / 25–26, anal 23–24
literature
- Baensch, Patzner: Mergus Sea Water Atlas Volume 6 Non-Perciformes (non-perch-like) . Mergus-Verlag, Melle, ISBN 3-88244-116-X
- Andreas Vilcinskas : Marine animals of the tropics. A guide for divers, snorkelers and aquarists. Over 700 lower animals, fish, reptiles and mammals. Stuttgart 2000, ISBN 3-440-07943-0
- Ewald Lieske, Robert F. Myers: Coral fish of the world . Year Top Special Verlag Hamburg, ISBN 3-86132-112-2
- Dieter Eichler, Robert F. Myers: Coral fish Indo-Pacific . Jahr-Verlag GmbG & Co., ISBN 3-86132-225-0
Web links
- Jewelry filefish on Fishbase.org (English)