Marley's butterflyfish
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Marley's butterflyfish (Chaetodon marleyi) is a species of fish
in the Chaetodontidae family. It is also called the doubledash or doublesash butterflyfish
. It is found in Mozambique
and South Africa
, and is an ornamental fish. Its closest relative is the West African Chaetodon hoefleri.
It feeds on polychaete
s, crustaceans, hydroid
s and ascidians.
Fish
Fish are a paraphyletic group of organisms that consist of all gill-bearing aquatic vertebrate animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish, as well as various extinct related groups...
in the Chaetodontidae family. It is also called the doubledash or doublesash butterflyfish
Butterflyfish
The butterflyfish are a group of conspicuous tropical marine fish of the family Chaetodontidae; the bannerfish and coralfish are also included in this group. Found mostly on the reefs of the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans, there are approximately 120 species in 10 genera...
. It is found in Mozambique
Mozambique
Mozambique, officially the Republic of Mozambique , is a country in southeastern Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi and Zambia to the northwest, Zimbabwe to the west and Swaziland and South Africa to the southwest...
and South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
, and is an ornamental fish. Its closest relative is the West African Chaetodon hoefleri.
It feeds on polychaete
Polychaete
The Polychaeta or polychaetes are a class of annelid worms, generally marine. Each body segment has a pair of fleshy protrusions called parapodia that bear many bristles, called chaetae, which are made of chitin. Indeed, polychaetes are sometimes referred to as bristle worms. More than 10,000...
s, crustaceans, hydroid
Hydroid
-Marine biology:Hydroids are a life stage for most animals of class Hydrozoa, small predators related to jellyfish.-Botany:In mosses, hydroids form the innermost layer of the stem of long, colourless, thin walled cells of small diameter.The cells are dead and lack protoplasm.They function as water...
s and ascidians.
Source
- Roberts, C. 1996. Chaetodon marleyi. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 4 August 2007.