Photo: Debra Baker · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Description
- 📏 up to 20 cm
- 🌊 lagoons, reefs
The raccoon butterflyfish wears a black mask edged with white over its eyes, like a raccoon. It hunts at night and is more discreet by day.
Did you know?
Its mask acts as camouflage.
Source: Dive observations
Tahitian names: generic name for butterflyfish. French name: Papillon raton laveur.
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