Indian butterflyfish

The Indian butterflyfish lives in the reef-associated, marine, depth range 30 - 70 m , usually 50 - 68 m environment.

Picture of an Indian Butterflyfish or Headband Butterflyfish, Chaetodon mitratus * Puzzles * Postcards Chaetodon mitratus Photo © Animal-World: Courtesy Greg Rothschild Be the first to add a comment! The Indian Butterflyfish is one of More

The Indian Butterflyfish will do well in a 50 gallon or larger aquarium that provides ample hiding places and plenty of room to swim. The Indian Butterflyfish prefers aquariums with live rock so that it may eat the algae. More

Name: Indian Butterflyfish (Chaetodon mitratus) Family: Chaetodontidae Range: Maldives Size: Up to 6 inches Diet: Carnivore Tank Set-up: Marine: Coral or rock, plants Reef Compatible: With caution Tank Conditions: 72-78°F; sg 1.020-1. More

The Indian Butterflyfish is one of the easiest butterflyfish to keep in the aquarium and will work well with a variety of tank mates. More

Indian butterflyfish (Chaetodon mitratus) is a very rare kind of butterflyfish, living in indian Ocean. Usually it lives more than 50m depth. Anybody, pls share Indian butterflyfish's photo in this group. More

the Indian Butterflyfish, One of a complex (sub-genus Roa: C. burgessi, C. flavocoronatus, C. tinkeri, C. declivis) of deep (generally more than 50 meters down) water Chaetodont species that make superb aquarium specimens. These are generalized zooplanktivores and feeders on benthic invertebrates. More

Butterflyfish or the Indian Butterflyfish, is yellow with a bluish coloration on the dorsal fin. It has two black stripes that run diagonally and a bold stripe across the eye that is black above, and orange below. More

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husbandry Chaetodon mitratus also known as the Indian butterflyfish is known only from Mauritius, Reunion, Madagascar, Amirante, Christmas Island, and Cocos-Keeling Atoll south of Sumatra. Probably widely distributed around the islands of the tropical Indian Ocean. Not that much is known of the Indian butterflyfish. More

The headband or Indian butterflyfish (Chaetodon mitratus) member of this subgenus and it too is found in deep-water. It is most common at depths in excess of 160 feet and usually lives under overhangs and in caves. More

Common names

Chétodon à mitre in French (français)
Chétodon enturbanné in French (français)
Indian butterflyfish in English
Indisk fanefisk in Danish (dansk)
Papillon à mitre in French (français)
Pavillon in Creole, French
Pavillon in Creoles and Pidgins, French
僧帽蝴蝶魚 in Mandarin Chinese
僧帽蝴蝶鱼 in Mandarin Chinese

Order : Perciformes
Family : Chaetodontidae
Genus : Chaetodon
Species : Chaetodon mitratus
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