霞蝶鱼,Hemitaurichthys zoster (Bennett,1831)又称印度银斑蝶鱼,为蝴蝶鱼科霞蝶鱼属的其中一种。身体中央有一宽白带,其他部位(尾鳍除外)皆为黑褐色,尾鳍是灰白色,体色并不鲜艳,但因与其他蝶鱼色彩不同而被行家收养,在水族箱中饲养要经驯饵,可喂动物性浮游生物。栖息在珊瑚礁区边缘的开放水域,常成群出现,肉食性,以附着在珊瑚礁的生物为食。
Hemitaurichthys zoster (Bennett, 1831), also known as Indian Silver spotted butterfly fish, is one of the genus Chardonnay of Phalaenopsis family. There is a wide white band in the center of the body. Other parts (except the tail fin) are black brown.cqtjrf.cn,The tail fin is gray white and the body color is not bright. However, it is adopted by experts because it is different from other butterfly fish. Feeding in the aquarium requires domesticated bait, jd023.com,which can be fed to animal plankton. Inhabiting in the open waters at the edge of the coral reef area, it often appears in groups and is carnivorous. It feeds on the organisms attached to the coral reef.
形态特征
体略呈圆形,甚高而侧扁,背缘隆起,吻短,略突出,不呈管状,口小,前位,颌齿短弱,呈刷毛状,体被小形弱栉鳞,侧线完全,延伸至尾鳍基,背鳍12鳍棘24-26鳍条,中部鳍棘最长,最后鳍棘略等长于第1鳍条。臀鳍3鳍棘19-21鳍条,侧线鳞63-70,体侧具1三角形褐色区域。体长15-20cm,卵圆形侧扁。本鱼体呈方圆形,吻短尖,体色为褐色,体侧中央有一梯形大白带。
分布范围
霞蝶鱼分布于印度西太平洋区,包括东非、南非、马达加斯加、毛里求斯、留尼汪、塞舌尔群岛、阿曼、马尔代夫、科摩罗、印度、斯里兰卡、泰国、中国大陆、中国台湾地区、印尼、关岛等海域。中国主要在分布于中国台湾地区、太平洋珊瑚礁海域,蝶鱼科。