maypole butterflyfish
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- Motcomposé de maypole (« arbre de mai ») et de butterflyfish (« poisson-papillon »).
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| maypole butterflyfish \ˈmeɪpəʊl bʌt.ə.ˌflaɪ.fɪʃ\ |
maypole butterflyfish ou maypole butterflyfishes \ˈmeɪpəʊl bʌt.ə.ˌflaɪ.fɪʃ\ ou \ˈmeɪpəʊl bʌt.ə.ˌflaɪ.fɪʃ.ɪz\ |
maypole butterflyfish \ˈmeɪpəʊl bʌt.ə.ˌflaɪ.fɪʃ\
- (Ichtyologie) Poisson-papillon de Meyer.
Chaet[o]don meyeri is also known as the Maypole Butterflyfish, Meyer’s Butterfly, Meyer’s Coralfish and Scrawled Butterflyfish, from the order of Perciformes and family of Chaetodontidae. The body’s colour is white to greyish with black diagonal streaks curving posteriorly running across. There is a yellow gradient that extends all around the edges of the fish’s body. There are black bars, rimmed with yellow which is present behind the mouth; one crosses through the eye. Its body shape is in the form of a compressed oral disc. A small mouth is present at the tip of a short, pointed snout. The edges of the dorsal and anal fins are sharply angular. It can reach a maximum of 20cm.
— ("Meyer’s Butterflyfish, Chaetodon meyeri", Bel Ombre, Consulté le 6 avril 2024)
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- maypole butterflyfish sur l’encyclopédie Wikipédia (en anglais)
