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Related FAQs: Moorish Idols 1, Moorish Idols 2, & FAQs on: Moorish Idol Identification, Moorish Idol Behavior, Moorish Idol Compatibility, Moorish Idol Selection, Moorish Idol Systems, Moorish Idol Feeding, Moorish Idol Health, Moorish Idol Reproduction, Related Articles: /The Conscientious Marine Aquarist The Moorish Idol, Zanclus cornutus, Family Zanclidae | 
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| Bob Fenner | |
| 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 off the Galapagos. | 
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