Butterfly fish of Arabia

Poisson-papillon of Arabia ( Chaetodon melapterus ) is a Espèce of Poisson S of the family of the Chaetodontidae.

Sub-genus

The butterfly fish of Arabia is a butterfly fish which belongs to the sub-genus Corallochaetodon . In 1984, André Maugé and Roland Bauchot proposed to integrate this sub-genus in a new kind, Mesochaetodon , which would give like scientific name for this fish Mesochaetodon melapterus .

Morphology

Size: up to 12 cm.

Its body is yellow, with small reddish bands. The tail is black, the black color going up on the top of the body and going down on bottom from the body.

Biology and ecology

It is a coral fish which nourishes coral.

Distribution

The butterfly fish of Arabia (or Persan butterfly fish) meets in the west of the Indian Ocean.

Use

One can meet this fish out of aquarium, but it is difficult to nourish, because of its very specialized food.

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