Hooded butterflyfish

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Also known as Coralfishes, Larvatus Butterflyfish, Masked Butterflyfish, Maskface Hooded Butterflyfish, Redhead Butterflyfish, Orange-head Butterflyfish, Orange-faced Butterflyfish,Brownface Butterflyfish, Red Sea Triangular Butterflyfish and Blue Chevron Butterflyfish.

Found singly or in pairs in shallow lagoons and over protected reefs often associated with Acropora Coral plates.
They feed on coral polyps, tentacles of featherdusters and Christmas-tree worms.
Length - 12cm
Depth - 3-12m
Widespread Western Indian Ocean
Butterflyfish and angelfish are members of the bristletooth family (Chaetodontidae) they have very fine hairlike teeth that enable them to pick out small organisms inaccessible to most other fish for eating.
Butterflyfishes thrive on a diet of coral polyps, tentacles of featherdusters and Christmas-tree worms. As these food sources all zap back into their shells the butterflyfishes need to be able to hover motionless while picking at the coral and to dart swiftly over short distances to get the worm before it retracts. They do this by using their Pectoral fins as oars to brake, sprint, turn and even reverse.

Fishy Stats

Length: 12cm
Depth: 3-12m
Found: Western Indian Ocean
Eats: Coral polyps, tentacles of featherdusters and Christmas-tree worms.
Family: Butterflyfishes
Species: Chaetodontidae

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