|
YELLOW TEARDROP BUTTERFLYFISH
Chaetodon interruptus
Distribution: Indian Ocean Description: Fish Butterfly platform, with a rectangular body with rounded edges, and its size varies from 15 to 20 cm. mouth is slightly elongated. Her dress is yellow. A black band across the head at the eye characteristic of its kind. The body is decorated in the middle of the upper back, a round black spot. A thin black line separates the body from the caudal fin is transparent. Can be confused with the butterfly tear Pacific (Chaetodon unimaculatus) whose snout is white, and the sides and belly. Habitat: usually lives in pairs in the lagoons, but also offshore in areas rich in coral, to a depth of 60 m. Food: It feeds mainly on soft corals. |
 |
Taxonomic classification
| Phylum | Chordata | Class: | Actinopterygii | Sub class: | Neopterygii | To print in "PDF" format |
| Order: | Perciformes | Sub order: | Percoidei | Family: | Chaetodontidae | |
| Genus: | Chaetodon | Species: | interruptus | Descriptor: | Ahl, 1923 |  |