Hawaiian butterflyfish
| Hawaiian butterflyfish | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Chaetodontidae |
| Genus: | Chaetodon |
| Subgenus: | Rhombochaetodon
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| Species: | C. tinkeri
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| Binomial name | |
| Chaetodon tinkeri L. P. Schultz, 1951
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The Hawaiian butterflyfish (Chaetodon tinkeri), also known as Tinker's butterflyfish, is a marine ray-finned fish, a butterflyfish belonging to the
Description
It grows to a maximum length of 15 cm (5.9 in). It swims alone or in pairs and occasionally in small aggregations. Its coloring is divided on the diagonal between black and white. It has gold dorsal and tail fins, and a gold vertical bar across its eyes.[2] The dorsal fin has 13-14 spines and 18-22 soft rays while the anal fin has 3 spines and 16-18 soft rays. It attains a maximum total length of 15 centimetres (5.9 in).[3]
Range and habitat
This fish inhabits Hawaii, Johnston Atoll and the Marshall Islands in the tropical Pacific Ocean. It prefers steep slopes, near black corals at depths of 27–135 m (89–443 ft).[2][3]
Feeding
The Hawaiian butterflyfish feeds on a variety of
Taxonomy and etymology
The Hawaiian butterflyfish was first formally
In the aquarium
These fish are somewhat popular in aquaria.
References
- . Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-56647-887-8.
- ^ a b c Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Chaetodon tinkeri" in FishBase. December 2019 version.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Chaetodon". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 5 December 2019.