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Bad Chaetodon Butterflies:
Historically 90 some
percent of these species specimens are dead within a month of wild
collection
Chaetodon adiergastos
Seale 1910, the Panda Butterflyfish. Far west tropical Pacific in
distribution. A coral polyp plus other invertebrate feeder. To
six inches total length. This one in Pulau Redang,
Malaysia.
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Chaetodon
aureofasciatus Macleav 1878, the Golden-Striped
Butterflyfish. From all along Australia's northern coast over
to New Guinea. Another coral polyp feeder. Images from off of
Queensland in Australia. Go visit it there. Below; one, two and
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Chaetodon austriacus
Ruppell 1835, the Red Sea Melon or Exquisite Butterflyfish. A Red
Sea and Gulf of Aden endemic. Never lives in captivity, unlike so
many of the other fishes hailing from this area. A feeder on live
corals, anemones and snail eggs. Pix from the Red Sea. |
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Chaetodon baronessa Cuvier
1831, the Eastern Triangular or Baroness Butterflyfish. Like the
similar Indian Ocean congener, Chaetodon triangulum, this
fish is a strict feeder on coral polyps. Too often shipped out of
Fiji, the Philippines and Indonesia. To six inches in the
wild.
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Chaetodon
bennetti Cuvier 1831, Bennett's Butterflyfish.
Central Pacific to Africa's east coast. To about six inches
total length. Most all food consists of coral polyps. Juvenile
and adult coloration in specimens in the Cook Islands and Fiji
shown.
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