Richard und Mary Field, Malta
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Chaetodon fasciatus Forsskål, 1775
Chaetodon fasciatus, known as Red Sea racoon butterflyfish or the Raccoon Fasciatus Butterflyfish lives endemicaly in the Red Sea. Chaetodon fasciatus is yellow with diagonal black lines. Very close to Chaetodon lunula, it is distinguished by the missing black spot on the tail peduncle, the darker diagonal lines and the different pattern of facial white and black blotches.
It is a peaceful fish and may reside in a larger fish-only aquarium with other butterflyfish. It should not be put into a reef tank environment because it will eat invertebrates.
The Red Sea Raccoon Butterflyfish eating a varied diet of meaty foods, crustacean flesh, mysid shrimp, and frozen preparations several times daily.
Feeds mainly on coral polyps.
Synonymised names
Chaetodon flavus Bloch & Schneider, 1801 · unaccepted
Rabdophorus linophora fasciatus (Forsskål, 1775) · unaccepted (senior synonym)
Chaetodon fasciatus, known as Red Sea racoon butterflyfish or the Raccoon Fasciatus Butterflyfish lives endemicaly in the Red Sea. Chaetodon fasciatus is yellow with diagonal black lines. Very close to Chaetodon lunula, it is distinguished by the missing black spot on the tail peduncle, the darker diagonal lines and the different pattern of facial white and black blotches.
It is a peaceful fish and may reside in a larger fish-only aquarium with other butterflyfish. It should not be put into a reef tank environment because it will eat invertebrates.
The Red Sea Raccoon Butterflyfish eating a varied diet of meaty foods, crustacean flesh, mysid shrimp, and frozen preparations several times daily.
Feeds mainly on coral polyps.
Synonymised names
Chaetodon flavus Bloch & Schneider, 1801 · unaccepted
Rabdophorus linophora fasciatus (Forsskål, 1775) · unaccepted (senior synonym)
