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Mitratus Butterfly
| Latin Name | Chaetodon mitratus | ||||||
| Common Name | Mitratus Butterfly | ||||||
| Also known as | Headband Butterfly, Indian Headband Buttterfly | ||||||
| Fast Facts | AVAILABILITY NOTE This is a rare, popular and seldom available item. Be sure to jump on it immediately when available! The Mitratus is rarest member of its group of distinctive deep water butterflies. This is a striking deepwater species that is one of the most durable aquarium butterflyfishes. It will accept most aquarium foods. It may bicker with other chaetodontids (especially those with similar color patterns), but tends to ignore unrelated fish species. It is a bold species that tends to spend most of its time in the open. It can be employed to clean live rock of glass anemones, however, it will also feed on some of the more desirable invertebrates living on the rock, like fan worms. |
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| Sizes | Usually around 2"-3" |
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| Range in Nature | Indian Ocean | ||||||
| Minimum Aquarium Size | 55 | ||||||
| Diet and Feeding | Omnivorous, feed marine fish, crustacean flesh, mysid shrimp and frozen preparations. | ||||||
| Ease of Care(5=easy, 1=difficult) |  |
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| Reef Aquarium Compatibility | . While it can be housed in reef tanks, there is a risk it will nip at sessile invertebrates. | ||||||
| Related Fish | Auriga Butterfly- Hawaii, Black Velvet Angelfish, Blackback Butterfly, Blue Line Angel, Blue Spotted Angelfish, Burgess Butterfly, Conspicillatus Angel, Declevis Butterfly, Easter Island Buterfly, Falcula Butterfly: False, Fremblii Bluestripe Butterfly, Japanese Golden Butterfly, Japanese Masked Butterfly, Klein's Butterfly, Lattice Butterfly, Lemon Butterfly, Litus Butterfly, Mertensi Butterfly, Mesoleucos Butterfly, Nippon Butterfly, Pakistani Butterfly, Pearlscale Butterfly, Pearlscale Butterfly: RED SEA, Pelewensis Butterfly, Personifer Angel, Personifer Angel Male, Punctato Butterfly, Raccoon Butterflyfish, Rainfordi Butterfly AUSTRALIA, Red Sea Raccoon Butterfly, Saddleback Butterfly, Scribbled Angel, Scribbled Angel- Male, Semilarvatus Butterfly Red Sea, Singapore Angel, Teardrop Butterfly, Tinker's Butterfly, True Falcula Butterfly, Vagabond Butterfly, More Butterflyfish | ||||||
| Availability | Rare, Unpredictable Availability |
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| Add to Cart | Mitratus Butterfly
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Availability is not guaranteed and is subject to change without notice. Note: Because these are living animals, and not made in a factory, actual specimens will vary and will not look identical to the image provided. Sizes stated are approximate.
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