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brown-and-white butterflyfish

Scientific name Hemitaurichthys zoster
Descriptor Bennett
Year of description 1831
IUCN category LC
Family Chaetodontidae
Genus Hemitaurichthys
Hemitaurichthys zoster Hemitaurichthys zoster
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Introduction

Hemitaurichthys zoster, commonly known as brown-and-white butterflyfish, is a salt water fish.

Who is it?

Morphology

  • Average size
    15 cm
  • Maximum size
    18 cm
  • Pattern
    rayure verticale
  • Average size
    15 cm
  • Maximum size
    18 cm
  • Pattern
    rayure verticale

How to recognize the brown-and-white butterflyfish ?

The brown-and-white butterflyfish measures between 15 and 18 cm. This fish is bicolore with a predominantly noir and blanc body. The also has blanc rayure verticale.

Behaviour & Life cycle

  • diet
    algae-eating and planctophage
  • Sociability
    gregarious
  • territorial
    No
  • Way of living
    diurnal

The brown-and-white butterflyfish is a fish gregarious naturally found at mid-depth and near the bottom. This species is algae-eating and planctophage .

n general, this species does not care much about other animals crossing its path.

Reproduction

  • Reproduction
    ovipare qui pond en eau libre

The brown-and-white butterflyfish is a fish ovipare qui pond en eau libre.

Harmless species

This species does not represent any particular threats to humans when encountered in its natural environment.

Where to find it?

Where to see this species?

Oniria

What is its habitat?

Natural environment characteristics

  • Temperature
    25 - 29 °C
  • Depth
    1 - 40 m

Biotope presentation

The brown-and-white butterflyfish is most often found at a depth between 1m and 40m. However, it is not impossible to find this species at other depths.

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Where to see this species?

Oniria

Tags

#Chaetodontidae

#Hemitaurichthys

#barrière de corail

#récifs extérieurs

#Persian Gulf

#mer d'Oman

#Red Sea

#western Indian Ocean

#Réunion

#Maldives

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