Physical characteristics of the sickle butterfly fish

Shape characteristics of sickle butterfly fish
Shape butterfly fish

The shape of sickle butterfly fish is compared with other butterfly fish It will be even more special. Because of the black sickle-shaped pattern on the body of the sickle butterfly fish, some aquarists call it the "sickle butterfly". The recommended minimum aquarium size for keeping Butterflyfish is 265 liters.

The body of the adult butterflyfish is tall and oval, with a straight surface above the head and a concave nose area. The snout exceeds and forms a short tube-shaped mouth, and the mouth opens at the tip of the tube. The left and right jaws are short and forceps-like, and the teeth on both jaws are finely pointed and densely arranged. The body is covered with small scales, and the lateral line rises steeply to below the 9th to 10th spine of the dorsal fin and descends to the base of the caudal fin. The dorsal fin is simple. The body is white, with a black sickle-shaped strip on the side of the body from the soft ray of the anal fin through the caudal peduncle to the base of the beginning of the dorsal fin and the throat isthmus, hence the name "sickle butterfly". The head has a black eyeband from the beginning of the dorsal fin to the eye, which is narrower than the diameter of the eye and extends to the snout. The section from the eye to the snout is yellow. The dorsal fin is black with a yellow inner edge; the anal fin is yellow with a black edge on the soft rays; the pelvic fin is yellow with a white edge; the base of the pectoral fin is yellow and the rear part is white and transparent; the caudal fin is yellow and the caudal fin is white and transparent.


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