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Teardrop butterflyfish

Chaetodon unimaculatus

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Field Notes

Description:

These yellow and white fish have a distinctive black upside-down teardrop shape mark on the side.

Notes:

Blunt snout and strong jaw enable them to nip off bits of the stony skeleton to get at the tissue inside. They also eat algae and small invertebrate animals.

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Teardrop butterflyfish

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PublishedJuly 24, 2014

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