Saddled Butterflyfish
Scientific Name: Chaetodon ephippium
Species: Butterflyfishes (Chaetodontidae)
Other names: Coralfishes, Saddleback Butterflyfish, Saddle Butterflyfish, Blackblotch Butterflyfish, Blackclothed Butterflyfish.
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Saddled ButterflyfishUploaded by: @fishx6 in July 2009
Photographed at: Cod Hole - Great Barrier Reef - Australia
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Saddled ButterflyfishUploaded by: @fishx6 in July 2009
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Saddled ButterflyfishUploaded by: @fishx6 in July 2009
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Saddled ButterflyfishUploaded by: @KitBrennan in July 2009
Photographed at: Cod Hole - Great Barrier Reef - Australia
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Saddled ButterflyfishUploaded by: @KitBrennan in July 2009
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Saddled ButterflyfishUploaded by: @greatwhite in September 2011
Photographed at: Fafa - Tonga
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Description
Also known as Coralfishes, Saddleback Butterflyfish, Saddle Butterflyfish, Blackblotch Butterflyfish and Blackclothed Butterflyfish.
Found singly or in pairs in clear water lagoons and seaward reefs with rich coral growth.
They feed on coral polyps, tentacles of featherdusters and Christmas-tree worms.
Length - 23cm
Depth - 5-30m
Widespread Indo-Pacific
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.
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The Saddled Butterflyfish is found in or near the Indo-Pacific region(s) and has been photographed 6 times by users @fishx6 @KitBrennan @greatwhite
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