Somali butterfly
Somali butterfly weather wear: Hot wear
Endangered status: Not in the IUCN red book
Somali butterfly growth method: Spreading egg type
Food habits:Carnivore
Biological characteristics:
Dorsal fin spines (total): 12 dorsal fin soft rays (total): 21-23 anal fins Spines: 3 anal fin soft rays: 18-19
The body of the adult fish is tall and oval, with a slightly protruding surface above the head and a slightly concave nose area. The snout is pointed but does not extend into a tube, and the anterior nares have nasal valves. The edge of the anterior gill cover is finely serrated, and the gill cover membrane runs through the isthmus. The teeth of the two jaws are closely spaced and finely pointed. The body is covered with huge scales, rhombus-shaped, but the scales on the back of the body are smaller; the lateral line rises steeply to below the 9th-10th spine of the dorsal fin and drops below the base end of the dorsal fin. The dorsal fin is simple. The body is silvery white, the upper half of the body and the back are tan to black, and the head has black eyes slightly narrower than the eye diameter; the gill cover has a yellow edge; the pectoral fins are white and transparent, and the remaining fins are yellow with green edges. edge. The Somali butterfly is different from other butterfly fish in that its body shape is very plump, while other butterfly fish are very flat on the side.
Physical shape:Maximum size is 18cm
Habits: Resting in deep-sea coral reef areas with water depths between 7 and 75 meters, often living in coral-rich areas occasion, and the bottom of the gravel area. Most live alone or in pairs. Mainly feeds on coral polyps and benthic invertebrates.
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