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Raccoon Butterflyfish

Racoon Butterflyfish

Family: ChaetodontidaeChaetodon lunulaPhoto © Animal-World: Courtesy David Brough

   The Raccoon Butterflyfish is easily identified with it's "masked" face.

   Once you can get this fish to eat, you must provide it with the necessary diet. The Raccoon Butterflyfish is considered a moderately hard fish to keep, but not impossible!

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

Habitat: Natural geographic location:    Racoon Butterflyfish are found in Indo-Pacific regions with the exception of the Red Sea. Travels singly, in pairs, or schools of up to 20 fish. They can be shy in the aquarium.

Length/Diameter of fish:    Racoon Butterflyfish adults can grow to 20.5 cm ( 8 inches).

Social Behaviors:    Usually peaceful towards other fish.

Maintenance difficulty:    The Raccoon Butterflyfish is generally medium hard to keep.

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

Maintenance:    Feed it everything it will eat. Generally start with live brine but try marine, angel, and spirulina formulas.

Foods:    Crustaceans, coral polyps, algae. Grazer.

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.

Minimum Tank Length/Size:    A minimum 50 gallon aquarium is recommended.

Water Movement: Weak, Moderate, Strong    No special requirements.

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

Availability:    This fish is generally readily available.

Author: David Brough. CFS.

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Kent Wong - 2007-11-04 My Raccoon Butterflyfish is a juvenile. My lunula is the most active fish in my aquarium, constantly swimming back and forth. My lunula gets along with my Saddleback Clownfish and Skunk Shrimp; however, my Longnose Hawk and Watchman Gobby tend to go on the defensive whenever my lunula swims close by. I've noticed that during the night, my lunula tends to "sample" my Spotted Cardinalfish's tail. Reply

johan maree - 2007-02-14 I have a Raccoon butterfly along with a wrasse, a devil firefish, and a seabass among others. a funny setup really, but they all seem to get on very well. the first day that i caught my lunula, i did not feed any of the fish for the day, and surprisingly, the next day when i fed my fish, the lunula was the first to eat the tubifex i fed them. so...... where theres a will, theres a way. Reply

Charlie TAN - 2006-05-21 amazed by their peaceful temperement. they are carnivorous and hard to start their feed. but provided with a lot of live rock i think my raccoon can stay without feed for sometime. I have difficulty feeding my fish so i keep adding live rock and just 1 fish at the moment until i can feed it. One succumbed to disease before with slime and respitory problems, no effect from medicines like anti protozoa and copper. at last cured by a new medicine remedie by OCEAN FREE, herbal O formula, product of Malaysia. Reply

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