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Black-Wedge Butterfly Fish
Information resourced and
researched from
"Tropical Marine Aquaria"
by Graham.F.Cox.
Published by Treasure Press
© The Hamlyn Publishing Group
This butterfly fish also has a wide range from the Indo-Pacific through to the Central Pacific, but it is not numerous anywhere. It is also known as the Saddled Butterfly fish. It is certainly not among the easiest butterfly fishes to keep with regard to starting it feeding in the aquarium. However, like the Copper Band, once feeding has begun in earnest, the Black-wedge Butterfly fish proves to be one of the most indestructible of all sea aquarium occupants.
Unlike C. auriga, C. lunula and C. kleini, this butterfly fish is seldom obtainable in small sizes. Most specimens seen offered for sale are young adults around 3 to 4in (7 to 10cm) body length. This may well account for the difficulties often experienced in getting the Black-wedge to feed in captivity. It is not unlikely that an adult fish would have already formed very definite feeding habits and preferences for certain items of diet not available in the sea aquarium. Modifying such establishes habits might prove more difficult for an older fish than for a relatively young one.
