ZEBRASOMA SCOPAS

Scientific name:  Zebrasoma Scopas.

Origin: His geographic distribution goes since the Indian Ocean, in the oriental coasts of Africa, going through India and Indonesia, until Japan, Australia and the Polynesia French.

Habitat: Only see so much in lagoons proteges and in external zones of coralline reefs, between 1 to 60 metres of depth.

Morphology: Oval body, with shape of disk in raise the fins dorsal and anal, prominent nose. The coloration varies depending of the age: of juvenile are of yellowish colour, with a darker tone to the greenish brown in the fins and with small points of clear blue colour for all the body; of adults the yellowish colour disappears, giving way  to a greenish brown. Has 2 thorns extractables to each side of the fin discharge; that use them to defend of other fishes. Achieve the 40 cm. Of long, and of high, with the fins dorsal and anal widespread.

Maintenance: The illumination will have to be necessarily intense because it can develop the colony of sufficient seaweeds of which feeds . Besides it requires to keep a good numeral of alive rock between the decoration of the aquarium with sufficient hideouts. They are sensitive to determinate illnesses related with the skin. It is recommended the utilisation of ultraviolet sterilizers for the elimination of the pathogenic pests. The addition to the aquarium of shrimps cleansing, how Lysmata amboinensis or Stenopus hispidus, help to keep the health of his skin, since in cleaning them will delete parasites. It is a resistant and easy fish to keep.

                       PH: 8.1 - 8.4.                             Temperature: 24 – 28 º C

Behaviour: If it goes to keep with other species, suits to enter juvenile individuals of some 8 cm, and do it of such shape that be the last  species to integrate to the group, since they are highly territorial.

Feeding: Although it is herbivorous, accepts so much brine shrimp and mysis frozen, as  food dry. It is one of the species used for the control of seaweeds by  natural means.

Reproduction: They don't present sexual dimorphism, as only the male are bigger that the females. They are oviparous and the put of eggs is carried out so much in couple, how in community.The spawning  it happens around the full moon, being subjected to the periodicity of the lunar cycle. They are monogamous.

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