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Family: ChaetodontidaePicture of a Red-tailed Butterflyfish or Pakistani Butterflyfish, Chaetodon collareChaetodon collarePhoto © Animal-World: Courtesy Greg Rothschild
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I think, instead of buying large butterfly and angelfish, it will be wise to buy small and make them grow in our aquarium. Large fishes are more delicate and get... (more)  Dhritiman Datta

   The Red-tailed Butterflyfish or Pakistani Butterflyfish is a beautiful butterfly fish!

   Though you can often find the Red-tailed Butterflyfish or Pakistani Butterflyfish available for your marine aquarium, it can be a difficult fish to keep. It likes to eat coral polyps which are a difficult food to provide unless you keep a reef, and if you keep a reef, you probably don't want your corals eaten.

For more Information on keeping marine fish see:
Guide to a Happy, Healthy Marine Aquarium


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Geographic Distribution
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  • Kingdom: Animalia
  • Phylum: Chordata
  • Class: Actinopterygii
  • Order: Perciformes
  • Family: Chaetodontidae

Habitat: Natural geographic location:    The Red-tailed Butterflyfish or Pakistani Butterflyfish are found in the Indonesia-Philippines region and certain places in the Indian Ocean including India, Sri Lanka, the Maldive Islands, Pakistan, the Gulf of Oman , and the southeast corner of the Arabian Peninsula. They are generally found between 5 and 10 meters (16 to 33 ft.) deep.

Maintenance difficulty:    The Red-tailed Butterflyfish or Pakistani Butterflyfish is generally difficult to keep. This is probably because their natural diet consists mainly of coral polyps.

Maintenance:    Try feeding a good angel or spirulina formula. They may eat live brine shrimp but will not thrive on that diet alone.

Diseases that Marine Butterflyfish are susceptible to:
Marine Ich(white spot disease), Marine Velvet, Uronema marinum, and Lymphocystis

Foods:    Mainly coral polyps.

Social Behaviors:    Found singly, in pairs, and groups. Can be aggressive towards other members of its own or other species.

Sex: Sexual differences:    Unknown.

Light: Recommended light levels:    No special requirements.

Breeding/Reproduction:    Not accomplished in captivity. See Breeding Marine Fish page for a description of how they reproduce in the wild.

Temperature:    No special requirements.

Length/Diameter of fish:    Red-tailed Butterflyfish or Pakistani Butterflyfish adults can grow to 16 cm ( 6.4 inches).

Minimum Tank Length/Size:    A minimum 40 gallon aquarium is recommended.

Water Movement: Weak, Moderate, Strong    No special requirements. Picture of a Red-tailed Butterflyfish or Pakistani Butterflyfish, Chaetodon collare

Water Region: Top, Middle, Bottom    No special requirements.

Availability:    This fish is generally readily available.

Author: David Brough. CFS.


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Lastest Comments on Pakistani Butterflyfish

Dhritiman Datta - 2007-02-18
I think, instead of buying large butterfly and angelfish, it will be wise to buy small and make them grow in our aquarium. Large fishes are more delicate and get stressed easily. However I may be wrong. But according to me 'Always buy small fishes'.....

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  • Jay bird - 2012-02-05
    God the fish are so much money, your better off buying a bigger fish for the money, it's always a 50/50 chance anyway.
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andrew james pole - 2005-12-16
i think people should buy butterflyfish at an adult size such as copperband falculas, collareds, and raccoons. at that size they will be easyer to keep due to their being darker in colour, fatter, tuffer, easier to feed, and bigger to look at.

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andrew james pole - 2005-12-16
i think people should buy emperor angelfish and koran angelfish as adults 8 inches. they will be very dark in colour since they have come from the wild at that size. growing juveniles will never be nice in colour but still worth the dear money-

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