Species: Chaetodon unimaculatus, Teardrop butterflyfish
Chaetodon unimaculatus Bloch, 1787
Teardrop butterflyfish
Body a strongly compressed oval disc; mouth small, at end of a short, blunt snout; teeth long and slender; dorsal fin with XIII, 21-23; anal fin III, 18-20, 2nd spine longer than 3rd; rear edges of dorsal and anal fins bluntly angular; tail edge straight to rounded; lateral line in a high arch, incomplete (ends under dorsal fin); scales rough, covering dorsal and anal fins as well as head and body; 38-47 lateral line scales.
Body white, with a broad black bar through eye and a thin black bar across tail base extending onto rear of dorsal and anal fins; a large black spot on back; yellow dorsal, anal and pelvic fins; tail fin clear.
Size: 20 cm.
Habitat: rocky and coral reefs.
Depth: 1-20 m.
An Indo-Pacific species; present as a vagrant in the Galapagos.
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- Salinity
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- Marine
- Marine Only
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore Only
- Inshore
- Water Column Position
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- Bottom
- Bottom only
- Habitat
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- Reef (rock/coral/oyster)
- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- Rocks
- Corals
- Reef only
- FishBase Habitat
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- Demersal
- Feeding Group
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- No Data
- Omnivore
- Diet
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- Hard corals
- Mobile benthic worms
- Soft corals/hydroids
- Data
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Benthic microalgae
- Egg Type
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- No data
- Pelagic
- Pelagic larva
- Global Endemism
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- "Transpacific" (East + Central &/or West Pacific)
- All Pacific (West + Central + East)
- TEP non-endemic
- Indo-Pacific only (Indian + Pacific Oceans)
- All species
- Regional Endemism
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- Eastern Pacific non-endemic
- All species
- Island (s)
- Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) non-endemic
- Island (s) only
- Residency
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- Vagrant
- Climate Zone
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- Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo)
- IUCN Red List
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- Least concern
- Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Depth Range Max
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- 20
- Depth Range Min
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- 1
- Length Max
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- 20
