Blackback butterflyfish
Chaetodon melannotus
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A butterflyfish from the Indo-Pacific, from the Red Sea and East Africa to Japan, Micronesia and Samoa, that eats coral polyps.
- Scientific name
- Chaetodon melannotus
- Family
- Chaetodontidae
Fact sheet
General
- Water
- Saltwater
- Group
- Fish
Taxonomy
- Family
- Chaetodontidae
- Order
- Acanthuriformes
- Synonyms
- Chaetodon abhortani, Chaetodon dorsalis, Chaetodon marginatus, Chaetodon melanotus, Chaetodon reinwardti, Chaetodon reinwardtii, Mesochaetodon strongylochaetodon melannotus, Tetragonoptrus dorsalis, Tetragonoptrus melanotus
Origin
- Native region
- Oceania, Ásia, África
Size and lifespan
- Adult size
- 25 cm
- Lifespan
- 20 years
Behavior
- Diet
- Carnivore
Reproduction
- Breeding strategy
- Egg scatterer
Conservation and trade
- IUCN status
- Least concern (LC)
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