Reef Butterflyfish

Size:   3-6 in.
ID:   broad black bars on rear body and eye

Class:   Actinopterygii  /  Ray-finned fishes
Order:   Perciformes  /  Perch-like fishes
Family:   Chaetodontidae  /  Butterflyfishes
Genus Species:  Chaetodon sedentarius /  Reef Butterflyfish

Habitat:  upper parts of coral reef
Typical food:  tiny shrimp, crabs, worms, living coral animals and algae (from scraping reef with their bristly teeth)
Other information:  often in pairs; eye bands help camouflage the location of their true eyes to confuse predators
as to the direction the little fish will dart when attacked; at dusk they find shelter in a reef recess and settle for the night
(their daytime markings change and colors pale)

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