Copperband Butterflyfish (Chelmon rostratus)
Image Copyright Jonathan Milnes
Observed: Koh Chang Reefs
Observed by: Jonathan Milnes
The Copperband butterflyfish is also known as the Beaked coral fish. It lives around coral and has quite a pronounced beak so that kind of makes sense. It also has one of those false eye patterns, common in nature, that protect the actual eye of the wearer by having a much larger fake eye effect in a less vulnerable part of the body. Evolution is a wonderful thing and this cunning trick has clearly helped the Copperband to survive.
Copperband Butterflyfish Wikipedia
Image Copyright Ian Gostelow
Image Copyright Jonathan Milnes
