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English term or phrase:	butterly fish
Dutch translation:	koraalvlinder
Entered by:	Klaas Levelt

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15:25 Feb 25, 2004

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Tourism & Travel

English term or phrase: butterly fish

butterly fish

Furness-M.A. KudoZ activity Questions: 125 (none open) (2 closed without grading) Answers: 15
Local time: 22:17

koraalvlinder

Explanation:
lijkt me een typfout voor 'butterfly fish', chaetodon, koraalvlinder

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of \'vlindervis\', inderdaad

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Local time: 06:17

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3 +7

vlindervis

Ann Bishop

5 +3

Aanvulling (niet voor punten)

vixen

4 +4

koraalvlinder

Klaas Levelt

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peer agreement (net): +7

vlindervis

Explanation:
Could it be a typo? I think it should by butterfly fish.

--Ann

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Note added at 2004-02-25 15:28:42 (GMT)
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should be (not by, of course...)

Reference: http://www.nbat.nl/aquarium/pantodon.html

Ann Bishop
United States
Local time: 16:17
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English,

Dutch
PRO pts in category: 4

6 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +4

koraalvlinder

Klaas Levelt
Local time: 06:17
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Dutch
PRO pts in category: 4

23 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

Aanvulling (niet voor punten)

Explanation:
Blijkbaar is 'butterfly fish' geen eenduidige benaming voor een bepaalde vis. Vandaar dat Ann en Klaas verschillende antwoorden hebben gegeven die waarschijnlijk allebei juist zijn. Blij dat ik de punten niet hoef te geven. ;-)

butterfly fish
Any of several fishes, not all related. They include the freshwater butterfly fish Pantodon buchholzi of western Africa and the tropical marine butterfly fishes in family Chaetodontidae.

P. buchholzi can leap from the water and glide for a short distance on its large winglike pectoral fins. Up to 10 cm/4 in long, it lives in stagnant water, at the water surface during the day, lying beneath floating leaves. At night it hunts for insects, jumping out of the water to catch them.

The members of Chaetodontidae are brightly coloured with laterally flattened bodies, often with long snouts which they poke into crevices in rocks and coral when feeding. They have a flattened narrow body with one dorsal fin and a fairly long snout. Their bristlelike teeth are closely set in rows for feeding on small animals and green algae. The commonest colours are black, yellow, and brilliant metallic blues and greens.

Classification
Chaetodontidae is in order Perciformes; Pantodon buchholzi is in order Osteoglossiformes; both are in class Osteichthyes.

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Aan de hand van het gebied waar deze vissen voorkomen kun je misschien afleiden welke vertaling het beste in jouw context past.

Reference: http://www.tiscali.co.uk/reference/dictionaries/animalsplant...

vixen
Local time: 23:17
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