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The Moorish Idol,
Zanclus cornutus, Family Zanclidae
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| Zanclus cornutus (Linnaeus 1758), the
Moorish Idol. Indo-Pacific. Can be kept in captivity, though
rarely lives due to trauma in capture, holding, shipping,
starvation during this time, damage to their mouths... Omnivores
that mainly feed on benthic invertebrates. Principally sponges...
and algae. Adults have a prominent spine in front of their eyes
that is larger in males. One off of Queensland, Australia, another
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