Tinker's Butterflyfish
Chaetodon tinkeri
Classification
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Perciformes
- Family
- Chaetodontidae
The Hawaiian butterflyfish (Chaetodon tinkeri), also known as Tinker's butterflyfish, is a marine ray-finned fish, a butterflyfish belonging to the family Chaetodontidae of order Perciformes. It is found in the central Pacific Ocean. Description The Hawaiian (Tinkers) butterflyfish display the morphological features that are shared by all butterflyfish species including a compressed oval body shape with small eyes located above the longitudinal axis of the fish.
Chaetodon tinkeri est une espèce de poissons de la famille des Chaetodontidae.
El Chaetodon tinkeri es una de las especies del género Chaetodon. Se lo conoce mejor como pez mariposa hawaiano, ya que abunda en el archipiélago de Hawái, aunque su distribución es variada por todo el Océano Pacífico. Se alimenta básicamente de pólipos coralinos.
Distribution
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