Copperband Butterflyfish

“It feeds upon insects, and is remarkable for its method of procuring them. When it observes a fly, or any other insect on a weed, or hovering over the water, it ejects a little drop through its tubular snout with such presicion as frequently disable the little animal, so that it falls into the water and is devoured.” — Goodrich, 1859

Keywords

fish, fly, pisces, teleostea, shooter, Copperband, butterflyfish, fly-shooter, flyshooter

Galleries

Fish: C-D

Source

S. G. Goodrich Animal Kingdom Illustrated Vol 2 (New York, NY: Derby & Jackson, 1859)

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