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Chaetodon octofasciatus Eightband butterflyfish

Chaetodon octofasciatusis commonly referred to as Eightband butterflyfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: Only for advanced aquarists. A aquarium size of at least 750 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profilbild Urheber Jim Greenfield, Großbritannien

Copyright Jim Greenfield, Foto Indonesia, N. Sulawesi,


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lexID:
457 
AphiaID:
218746 
Scientific:
Chaetodon octofasciatus 
German:
Achtbinden-Falterfisch 
English:
Eightband Butterflyfish 
Category:
Butterflyfishes 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Chaetodontidae (Family) > Chaetodon (Genus) > octofasciatus (Species) 
Initial determination:
Bloch, 1787 
Occurrence:
Hong Kong, (the) Maldives, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Cambodia, China, Great Barrier Reef, India, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Japan, Komodo (Komodo Island), Malaysia, Palau, Papua, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Raja Amat, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Sumatra, Taiwan, Thailand, the Seychelles, Vietnam, Western Pacific Ocean 
Marine Zone:
Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 
Sea depth:
3 - 20 Meter 
Size:
4.33" - 4.72" (11cm - 12cm) 
Temperature:
78.8 °F - 84.74 °F (26°C - 29.3°C) 
Food:
Algae, Aquatic plant, Clam meat, Coral polyps = corallivorous, Flakes, Food specialist, Zooplankton 
Tank:
164.98 gal (~ 750L)  
Difficulty:
Only for advanced aquarists 
Offspring:
Not available as offspring 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Least concern (LC)  
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
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Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2023-09-28 09:47:45 

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Chaetodon octofasciatus Bloch, 1787

Firstly, a very rare guest in the aquarium facilities, and secondly, the fish eats coral polyps. Food specialist that can not be fed with frozen food and the like in the long term.

Temporarily with Artemia but to feed, but probably not in the long term.

Synonymised names
Cahetodon octofasciatus Bloch, 1787 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Chaetodon octolineatus Gronow, 1854 · unaccepted
Tetragonopterus octofasciatus (Bloch, 1787) · unaccepted

External links

  1. FishBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Pictures

Juvenile

Copyright Jim Greenfield, Foto Indonesia, N. Sulawesi,
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Pair

Copyright Anders Poulsen, colours.dk
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Commonly

© David C. Cook, Wonga Beach, Australia
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© David C. Cook, Wonga Beach, Australia
1
Copyright Anders Poulsen, colours.dk
1
Copyright Anders Poulsen, colours.dk
1
Foto: Anilao, Philippinen
Foto: Panglao, Mindanaosee, Philippinen

Husbandry know-how of owners

Rohleder
@Rohleder

am 11.05.09#5
Nach mehreren Monaten der Pflege und einer Ernährung mit einem speziellen Futtergemisch ist es mir gelungen, diese Fische an Flockenfutter zu bekommen. Es werden keine Scheibenanemonen mehr gefressen.
Trotzdem ist die Pflege ( Fütterung ) bis dahin sehr aufwendig gewesen.
Rohleder
@Rohleder

am 15.02.09#4
Dieser Falterfisch nimmt sehr gerne Miesmuschelfleisch aus der Schale. Ob sie sich jedoch auf Dauer damit ernähren lassen,kann ich zum jetzigen Zeitpunkt nicht sagen. Aber Miesmuschelfleisch wird sehr gierig gefressen. Evtl kann man damit die Tiere auch langsam an anderes Futter gewöhnen.
Heinz Mahler
@Heinz Mahler

am 14.02.09#3
Chaetodon octofasciatus also known as the Eight Banded Butterflyfish can be found in the Indo-Asian Pacific region and its distribution extends from Sri Lanka to Indonesia, the Philippines and the Solomon Islands, north to south western Japan and to northern Papua New Guinea.

The Eight Banded Butterflyfish can vary in colour between a bright yellow coloured body to a white body. It is easily recognised by the 8 dark black bars that extend vertically along the body and there can be a dark black spot at the base of the tail.

Chaetodon octofasciatus hiding in amongst branching corals and is known to feed exclusively on coral polyps. It is often encountered in shallow protected lagoons with silty bottoms and inner reefs with good coral cover from depths of 3 to 20 metres.

As with all of the obligate corallivore butterflyfishes, it should be left on the reef unless an expert aquarist can somehow meet its dietary needs. Chaetodon octofasciatus eats nothing but live coral polyps.


Remarks:

Butterflyfish are not recommended for reefs as they will pick at or eat a wide variety of corals, fan worms, and other invertebrates. Most Butterflyfish are known to pick at Aiptaisia, a parasitic anemone.


Classification

Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Chaetodontidae
Genus: Chaetodon
Species: Chaetodon octofasciatus


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