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Butterfly Fish

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BUTTERFLY FISH

Pez Mariposa Pez Mariposa
  • Technical Name: Chaetodon lineolatus

Similar to the insects from which it gains its name, butterfly fish (which live in the Red Sea) have varied and vivid colours. Many species of this group have a dark circular mark close to the tail, called ocellus, which tends to be interpreted as bait simulating an eye. This mechanism makes predators attack from the opposite end to the head, allowing the fish to flee unharmed or, in the worst of cases, with some small injury on the tail.