Size: 3-8 in.
ID: bright yellow fins, black dot on outer rear
dorsal fin
Class: Actinopterygii / Ray-finned fishes
Order: Perciformes / Perch-like fishes
Family: Chaetodontidae / Butterflyfishes
Genus Species: Chaetodon ocellatus / Spotfin
Butterflyfish
Habitat: upper parts of coral reef
Typical food: tiny shrimp, crabs, worms, living coral
animals, 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 at night
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