Teardrop butterflyfish
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Teardrop butterflyfish ( Chaetodon unimaculatus ) |
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| Bloch , 1787 |
The teardrop butterflyfish ( Chaetodon unimaculatus ) lives in small groups of 3 to 5 animals throughout the tropical Indo-Pacific and the Red Sea . It is often found at depths of up to 15 meters near leather corals . There are color forms with a more white or more yellow basic color.
The teardrop butterflyfish grows up to 23 centimeters long. It feeds mainly on coral polyps , as well as sponges , bristle worms and algae .
Web links
Commons : teardrop butterflyfish ( Chaetodon unimaculatus ) - Collection of images, videos, and audio files
- Teardrop Butterflyfish on Fishbase.org (English)
- Chaetodon unimaculatus inthe IUCN 2013 Red List of Threatened Species . Posted by: Myers, R. & Pratchett, M., 2009. Retrieved February 8, 2014.
literature
- Roger C. Steene: Butterfly and Angelfish, Volume 1 , Mergus Verlag, 1977, ISBN 3-88244-001-5
- Gerald R. Allen: Butterfly and Angelfish, Volume 2 , Mergus Verlag, 1979, ISBN 3-88244-002-3
- Helmut Debelius , Rudie H. Kuiter : Falterfische, Chaetodontidae , Ulmer Verlag, 2003, ISBN 3-80014-243-0