Chaetodontoplus caeruleopunctatus

Bluespotted Angelfish
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Pomacanthidae
Genus: Chaetodontoplus
Species: C. caeruleopunctatus
Binomial name
Chaetodontoplus caeruleopunctatus
(Yasuda & Tominaga, 1976)

Chaetodontoplus caeruleopunctatus is a marine angelfish from the Western-Pacific ocean. It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade. It grows to a size of 14cm in length. It may eat at soft corals, stony corals, and mantles of tridacnid clams.

References

Pete education:: http://www.peteducation.com/article.cfm?c=16+1879&aid=2057

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