Copperband butterflyfish

Copper Strip (Chelmon rostratus )

The copper strip (Chelmon rostratus ) is a species of the family of butterfly fish.

Features

The fish has a silvery white, high-backed and laterally flattened body. Characteristic of him are the four vertical orange stripes. The foremost of these strips in this case runs over his eyes. How many butterfly fish also typical of copper butterflyfish in the rear of the dorsal fin has a striking, white -fringed, black eye patch. This eye patch is an adaptation to visually oriented predators. Predators are focused in the pursuit of their prey fish often their eyes and be deceived in regard to the direction of escape. Also lined white is the black longitudinal stripes at the root of the tail fin.

The copper butterflyfish reaches a length of up to 22 cm.

Occurrence

He is a territorial fish that lives singly or in pairs in the tropical western Pacific from the Andaman Sea to the Great Barrier Reef off Australia. He settled flat inner reefs and lagoons with strong coral growth and is found up to a water depth of 25 meters. With his strong jaw extended pecking there on sandy areas for small cancers.

The attractive copper colored butterflyfish is often seen in public marine aquaria.