Photo: Uxbona · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Description
- 📏 up to 23 cm
- 🌊 lagoons, reefs
The threadfin butterflyfish has a long filamentous extension on its dorsal fin and a criss-cross pattern. It feeds on polyps, algae and small invertebrates.
Did you know?
In Tahitian it is called paraha tore.
Source: TAXREF vernacular database
Tahitian names: TAXREF (INPN/MNHN) – Society Islands. French name: Papillon à filament.
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