In the spotlight
Le saviez-vous ? Les coulisses de la reproduction à Nausicaá en 2025
Poissons, crevettes, requins, les animaux qui se reproduisent ou sont élevés à Nausicaá rejoignent les espaces d'exposition.
Identity card
Copperband butterflyfish
- Scientific name:
- Chelmon rostratus
- Family:
- Chaetodontidae
- Class:
- Actinopterygii
- Phylum:
- Chordata
- Year of description:
- 1758 - Carl Linnaeus
- IUCN Status:
- Least Concern
- Distribution:
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Western Indo-Pacific: from the Andaman Sea to the Ryukyu Islands and Australia.
- Habitat:
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Coral reefs, estuaries, rocky areas and muddy reefs between 1 and 25 metres.
- Size:
Up to 20 cm.
- Diet:
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Small benthic invertebrates, worms, crustaceans.
