Black Blotched Butterfly Fish

Name: Black Blotched Butterfly Fish
SKU: Butterfly Black Blotched
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Care Level Moderate
Temperament Semi-aggressive
Color Form Black, White, Yellow
Diet Carnivore
Reef Compatible No
Water Conditions sg 1.020-1.025, 72-78° F, dKH 8-12, pH 8.1-8.4
Max. Size 8″
Family Chaetodontidae
Minimum Tank Size 125 gallons

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SKU: Butterfly Black Blotched Categories: Butterfly Fish Marine Fish

Product Description

The Mirror Butterflyfish or Oval-spot
butterflyfish, Chaetodon speculum, is a species of butterflyfish (family
Chaetodontidae). It is found in the Indian and Pacific Oceans from
Indonesia to Japan and south to the Great Barrier Reef and Papua New
Guinea. The species has also been reported from Madagascar, Mauritius
and Reunion.
It grows to a
maximum of 18 cm (7 in) in length. The body color is a bright to
orange-yellow with a big black blotch below the dorsal fin and a
vertical black bar running through the eye.
Like
the other butterflyfishes with angular yellow bodies with black
eyestripes and a single differently-colored patch (except in the quite
basal Blue-lashed Butterflyfish, C. bennetti), it belongs in the
subgenus Tetrachaetodon. Among this group it seems to be particularly
close to the Zanzibar Butterflyfish (C. zanzibarensis) which has a
smaller black blotch and traces of horizontal stripes on the flanks. If
Chaetodon is split up, the subgenus Tetrachaetodon would be placed in
Megaprotodon.
The Mirror
Butterflyfish is found in coral reefs at depths between 3 and 30 m. It
favors coastal reef slopes rich in hydroids and sea anemones. Small
juveniles hide in coral thickets. Usually, this species is solitary and
relatively uncommon. They feed on coral polyps and invertebrates.