Saddle butterflyfish - 114°E HK Reef Fish

Photo By: Summer Yip

Photo By: Summer Yip

Saddle butterflyfish

Characteristics

Adults often recorded in pairs, while juveniles are often recorded singly.
Mainly feeds on tiny preys in coral rubble and sand, and occasionally feeds on coral.

Description

Body mainly greyish, but posterior upper side is black.
A white band between the two colours.
In adults, there is an orange filament extending from dorsal fin.

Common Name: Saddle butterflyfish

Family Common Name: Butterflyfishes

Family: Chaetodontidae

Scientific Name: Chaetodon ephippium___(Cuvier, 1831)

Genus: Chaetodon

Maximum Length: Coming soon

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未評估

Not Evaluated (ne)

數據缺乏

Data Deficient (dd)

無危

Least Concern (lc)

近危

Near Threatened (nt)

易危

Vulnerable (vu)

瀕危

Endangered (en)

極危

Critically Endangered (cr)

絕滅

Extinct (ex)

Saddle butterflyfish