copperband butterflyfish

 About "Chelmon rostratus"

📍Kingdom:- Animalia

📍Phylum:- Chordata

📍Class:- Actinopterygii

📍Order:- Perciformes

📍Family:- Chaetodontidae

📍Genus:- Chelmon

📍Species:- C. rostratus

📍Binomial name:- Chelmon rostratus

👉The copperband butterflyfish (Chelmon rostratus), also known as the beaked coral fish, is found in reefs in both the Pacific and Indian Oceans.

👉 This butterflyfish is one of the three species that make up the genus Chelmon and all have long beaks.

👉These fish are easily identified by the yellow banding and long snout.

The young fish are similar in appearance to adult fish.

👉Butterflyfish grow up to 20 cm in length.

👉The fish appears taller than its length because of its compressed, deep-bodied form with a long dorsal and posterior fins as well as its vertical yellow stripes on a white background.

👉The snout is long and slender, and the dark eye of the fish is less conspicuous than the dark eye-spot on the dorsal fin.

👉Copperband butterflyfish are found at depths of 1−25 metres either alone or in pairs.

👉These fish form monogamous pairs during breeding.

👉They are usually found on coral reefs or rocky shorelines, and also in estuaries and silty inner reefs.

👉This species is territorial and oviparous.

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