Monday, December 23, 2013

Adopt-a-Fish of the Day- Collare Butterfly Fish

Adopt-A-Fish of the Day is the Collare Butterflyfish! If you are interested in adopting today's fish as a donation to the East Idaho Aquarium please contact eastidahoaquarium@yahoo.com for more details.

The Red-tailed Butterflyfish or Collare Butterflyfish (Chaetodon collare), also known as the Pakistani Butterflyfish, is a species of butterflyfish (family Chaetodontidae). It inhabits reefs of the Indo-west Pacific region: from the Persian Gulf and Maldives to Japan, the Philippines and Indonesia. It grows to 7 inches in length The Red-tailed Butterflyfish is brown to black, with lighter scales giving it a spotted appearance. It has a prominent, vertical white streak behind the eyes, a dark stripe over the eyes, and another, smaller white stripe in front of the eyes. The base of the tail is bright red, followed by a black stripe. The tip of the tail is diffuse white. In the wild, its diet consists of coral polyps. In captivity, it is a carnivore, taking fish meat and shrimp.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redtail_

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