[B]FAMILY [/B]- Chactodontidae [B]SCIENTIFIC NAME[/B] - Chaetodon Xanthurus [B]COMMON NAME[/B] - Yellowtail Butterflyfish (Crowned Pearlscaled Butterflyfish) [B]SIZE[/B] - 5.5" (14 cm) [B]RANGE[/B] - Western Pacific [B]MIN. AQUARIUM SIZE[/B] - 55 US Gal. (208 L) [B]FOODS AND FEEDING[/B] - Marine fish chopped in small pieces, crustacean flesh, mysid shrimp, frozen marine preparations, varied diet. Feed min. 3 times a day [B]AQUARIUM SUITABILITY[/B] - 6 [B]REEF COMPATIBILITY[/B] - Can be kept in reef aquaiurm with the more noxious soft corals. [B]CAPTIVE CARE[/B] - Will accept a wide range of foods, water quality and peaceful tankmates a must for proper acclimation, more than one can be kept in a suitably sized tank, can be kept with other butterflyfish, aggression normally is with fish of similar shape and color. Care and feeding requirements same as C. Mertensii, Redback Butterflyfish. [CENTER][ATTACH=full]20740[/ATTACH][/CENTER]
