Pinnate Batfish (Platax pinnatus), juvenile, family Ephippidae, order Acanthuriformes, Tulamben, Bali, Indonesia
The juveniles of this species mimic a toxic flatworm.
photograph by DiveIvanov
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Pinnate Batfish (Platax pinnatus), juvenile, family Ephippidae, order Acanthuriformes, Tulamben, Bali, Indonesia
The juveniles of this species mimic a toxic flatworm.
photograph by DiveIvanov

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Uncharismatic Fact of the Day
Pucker up for the brown sweetlips! Also known as the Harry hotlips or the humpback sweetlips, these fish are named for their large, blubbery lips. Rather than kissing, however, they are used to suck up food off the ocean floor and soft out the delicious algae and invertebrates from bits of rubble and sand.
(Image: A brown sweetlips (Plectorhinchus gibbosus) by Mark Rosenstein)
Round 3 - Actinopterygii - Acanthuriformes
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Order: Acanthuriformes
Common Name: no common name for the collective order
Families: 28 - Gerreidae (âmojarrasâ), Sillaginidae (âsmelt-whitingsâ), Moronidae (âtemperate bassesâ), Drepaneidae (âsicklefishesâ), Ephippidae (âspadefishesâ and âbatfishesâ), Sciaenidae (âcroakersâ and âdrumsâ), Dinopercidae (âcavebassesâ), Haemulidae (âgruntsâ), Lobotidae (âtripletailsâ and âtigerperchesâ), Monodactylidae (âmooniesâ), Emmelichthyidae (âredbaitsâ), Lutjanidae (âsnappersâ), Malacanthidae (âtilefishesâ), Latilidae (âdeepwater tilefishesâ), Pomacanthidae (âmarine angelfishesâ), Chaetodontidae (âbutterflyfishesâ), Leiognathidae (âponyfishesâ), Luvaridae (âLouvarâ), Zanclidae (âMoorish Idolâ), Acanthuridae (âsurgeonfishesâ, âtangsâ, and âunicornfishesâ), Callanthiidae (âsplendid perchesâ), Nemipteridae (âthreadfin breamsâ), Lethrinidae (âemperor breamsâ), Sparidae (âseabreamsâ and âporgiesâ), Siganidae (ârabbitfishesâ), Scatophagidae (âscatsâ), Caproidae (âboarfishesâ), and Antigoniinae (âdeepwater boarfishesâ)
Anatomy: anatomy varies between families
Diet: zooplankton, detritus, algae, cyanobacteria, worms, crustaceans, mollusks, smaller fish, echinoderms, sponges, tunicates, corals, anemones, jellyfish
Habitat: saltwater worldwide, some brackish and freshwater species
Evolved in: Late Paleocene
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Chaetodon kleinii
Blacklip Butterflyfish
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Status: Least concern
Distribution: Widely found in the tropical waters of the Indian and Pacific Oceans
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A saddled butterflyfish (Chaetodon ephippium) in Bunaken Marine Park, Sulawesi, Indonesia
by François Libert
Scribbled Unicornfish Naso maculatus
Found in the western Pacific Ocean, including off the coasts of Hawai'i, Japan, and New Caledonia. Despite being a member of the unicornfish, it has no protuberance from its face.
Taxonomy Tournament: Fish
Tetraodontiformes. This order contains many fishses with unusual body structures, such as boxfishes, which are boxy as the implies, pufferfishes, which are round and able to inflate, and the ocean sunfish, the largest bony fish.
Acanthuriformes. This order contains the blue tang, drum, moorish idol
Which clade of animals is better?
Tetraodontiformes
Acanthuriformes
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