Seychelles butterflyfish

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Seychelles butterflyfish
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Perciformes Family: Chaetodontidae Genus: Chaetodon Species: C. madagaskariensis
Binomial name
Chaetodon madagaskariensis Ahl, 1923

The Seychelles butterflyfish, Chaetodon madagaskariensis, is a member of the Chaetodontidae.

Contents 1 Range 2 Description 3 Habitat 4 Similar species 5 References

[edit] Range

Found in the Indian Ocean from East Africa, as far south as Port Elizabeth, South Africa to Cocos-Keeling and Christmas Island, north to Sri Lanka.^[1]

[edit] Description

Grows to a maximum of 13 cm long. Body color silver at the head, becoming white towards the tail, with a triangular orange patch covering the posterior and the caudal peduncle. The base of the tail is white, followed by an orange patch and rimmed with white. There are a series of dark grey chevron lines on the sides of the body, partly broken into spots.^[1]

[edit] Habitat

The Seychelles butterflyfish is found in areas of rich coral growth on outer reefs, from 10-40 m depth.^[1]

[edit] Similar species

Chaetodon paucifasciatus, Chaetodon mertensii and Chaetodon xanthurus are similar species with different ranges.

[edit] References

1. ^ ^{a b c} "Chaetodon madagaskariensis". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. 12 2007 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2007.