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Two-tone Fingerfin

Chirodactylus brachydactylus

Also known as: Butterfish, Fingerfin, Morwong, Natal Fingerfin, Two-tone Fingerfish

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Adult
@Catray · Langebaan, South Africa · May 20181 / 2
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Overview

Found singly, over rocky bottoms of shorelines, to very deep waters, of coral and rocky reefs.

Morwongs are found in cool tropical to temperate waters.
At night they hide in crevices and under rocks.

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How to identify

COLOURS
Pattern
white spots
Behaviour
shelters in crevicessolitary

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Western Indian Ocean, Southeast Atlantic
  • Country only · 2
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Found singly, over rocky bottoms of shorelines, to very deep waters, of coral and rocky reefs.

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderCentrarchiformes
    5. familyCheilodactylidae
    6. genusChirodactylus
    7. speciesChirodactylus brachydactylus (Cuvier, 1830)

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