The name is derived from the dark spot on the fish's dorsal fin. This, combined with a vertical, black bar through the eye, is an adaptation that can confuse predators. The vertical black bar disappears as the fish gets older and other black lines become more prominent. Along with other Caribbean Seas reef dwelling tropical fish, many young spotfin butterfly fish get sucked up the gulf stream from July to late October and are dumped into Long Island bays.[3] The spotfin butterfly fish is very common and very hard to maintain in a tank. The spotfin butterfly fish can grow up to 6–8 inches.
Referencesedit
^Rocha, L.A. (2010). "Chaetodon ocellatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T165611A6067709. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T165611A6067709.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
^Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Chaetodon ocellatus" in FishBase. December 2019 version.
^Venkataraman, Bina (5 August 2008). "For Aquariums, the Small Fry Swept North Become a Big Catch". The New York Times. Retrieved 28 November 2014.
spotfin, butterflyfish, spotfin, butterflyfish, chaetodon, ocellatus, species, marine, finned, fish, butterflyfish, from, family, chaetodontidae, found, western, atlantic, ocean, gulf, mexico, most, commonly, found, caribbean, conservation, status, least, conc. The spotfin butterflyfish Chaetodon ocellatus is species of marine ray finned fish a butterflyfish from the family Chaetodontidae It is found in the western Atlantic Ocean in the Gulf of Mexico and most commonly found in the Caribbean Sea Spotfin butterflyfish Conservation status Least Concern IUCN 3 1 1 Scientific classification Domain Eukaryota Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Class Actinopterygii Order Perciformes Family Chaetodontidae Genus Chaetodon Subgenus Chaetodon Chaetodon Species C ocellatus Binomial name Chaetodon ocellatusBloch 1787 Synonyms 2 Chaetodon bimaculatus Bloch 1790 Sarothrodus maculocinctus Gill 1861 Sarothrodus ataeniatus Poey 1868 Sarothrodus amplecticollis Poey 1868 The name is derived from the dark spot on the fish s dorsal fin This combined with a vertical black bar through the eye is an adaptation that can confuse predators The vertical black bar disappears as the fish gets older and other black lines become more prominent Along with other Caribbean Seas reef dwelling tropical fish many young spotfin butterfly fish get sucked up the gulf stream from July to late October and are dumped into Long Island bays 3 The spotfin butterfly fish is very common and very hard to maintain in a tank The spotfin butterfly fish can grow up to 6 8 inches References edit Rocha L A 2010 Chaetodon ocellatus IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010 e T165611A6067709 doi 10 2305 IUCN UK 2010 4 RLTS T165611A6067709 en Retrieved 20 November 2021 Froese Rainer Pauly Daniel eds 2019 Chaetodon ocellatus in FishBase December 2019 version Venkataraman Bina 5 August 2008 For Aquariums the Small Fry Swept North Become a Big Catch The New York Times Retrieved 28 November 2014 Chaetodon ocellatus Integrated Taxonomic Information System Retrieved 6 June 2006 Froese Rainer Pauly Daniel eds 2005 Chaetodon ocellatus in FishBase November 2005 version External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Chaetodon ocellatus Photos of Spotfin butterflyfish on Sealife Collection This Chaetodontidae article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Spotfin butterflyfish amp oldid 1202553304, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
