What is pearlscale butterflyfish?
pearlscale butterflyfish, also known as yellow butterflyfish, commonly known as yellow net butterfly, is one of the butterflyfish family of ray-finned fish class Perciformes.
What does a pearlscale butterflyfish look like?
The body is very flat, with a small, prominent snout. There is a black spot on the top of the head and a black horizontal band on the eyes. The body color of the fish is silvery white, and the black margins of the scales on the side of the body form a net pattern; there is an orange crescent-shaped transverse band from the back half of the dorsal fin to the back of the anal fin, and the caudal fin also has an orange band. Juveniles are not very different from adults.
living habits of pearlscale butterflyfish
Living in clear coral reef waters, with a mild temperament, juveniles appear in shallow waters, while adults are active in deeper waters, resting against the reef at night.
Carnivorous, mainly small benthic invertebrates.
pearlscale butterflyfish rearing
The feeding water temperature is 27-28 degrees Celsius, the pH value of the seawater is 8.0-8.5, and the nitrite content in the seawater is less than 0.3 mg/L. The bait includes frozen fish and shrimp meat, water earthworms, red worms, seawater fish pellet feed, etc. It likes to peck at corals.
