Somali Butterfly
Chaetodon Leucopleura
The Somali Butterflyfish ( Chaetodon leucopleura) is not a common fish on the Tanzanian coast. They are reportedly more common on the Kenyan and Somali coasts.
Somali Butterflyfish are found from Tanzania northwards part way up the Red Sea and across to the southern Omani coast including Zanzibar and the Seychelles. Their depth range is between 7 meters to 80 meters. They are usually found in coral rich areas with strong tidal currents and have only been sighted at 35 meters on deep walls on the Tanzanian mainland coast.
Somali Butterflyfish feed on coral polyps. Very little research seems to have been done on their diet but we have seen them picking polyps off acropora corals.
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