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The racoon butterflyfish (Chaetodon lunula) is named for its masked face that resembles its mammal counterpart – the racoon. Just like raccoons, these butterfly fish are nocturnal creatures that feed at night. The raccoon butterflyfish has a varied diet including coral polyps, algae, sea anemones, and even the tube-like feet of sea-urchins.

Photo Credit: Derek Manzello

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Other Materials

This page has educational materials that do not currently fit into our Coral Reef Ecology Curriculum. Here you will find additional lessons and videos we have developed. For more videos, check out our YouTube channel.

1Overfishing Resources

Lessons/Worksheets

Watch It! Ocean Alert Overfishing – Worksheet to accompany one of our videos

Read It! Sea Cucumber Craze – Worksheet to accompany one of our blogs

Read It! Best Wishes for Reef Fishes – Worksheet to accompany one of our blogs

Read It! The Man-Eaters – Worksheet to accompany one of our blogs

Overfishing and Sustainable Fishing Links

Pirate Fishing – Interactive investigation into fishing pirates

ASFC’s U.S. Seafood Education – Collection of information on sustainable fishing in the US

Game of Life – Lesson from NOAA

Empty Ocean – Lesson from NOAA

Voices of the Bay – Lesson from National Marine Sanctuaries

Sustainable Seafood – Background information from Sea Creature Fact of the Week

Sustainable Fisheries – Lesson from Digital Explorer

The End of the Line – Lesson from Film Education

2Crown of Thorns Starfish (COTS) Resources

Lessons/Worksheets

Watch It! Crown-of-Thorns Crisis – Worksheet to accompany one of our videos

Read It! Addressing Acanthaster – Worksheet to accompany one of our blogs

Read It! Life, Death, & Rebirth – Worksheet to accompany one of our blogs

3Coral Bleaching

Lessons/Worksheets

Watch It! Trouble in Paradise – Worksheet to accompany one of our blogs

Read It! Life and Death on the Reef – Worksheet to accompany one of our blogs

4Videos

Birth of an Atoll with accompanying Watch It! worksheet

Coral Reefs: Unraveling the Web with accompanying Watch It! worksheet

Trouble in Paradise with accompanying Watch It! worksheet

Ocean Alert: Overfishing

Crown of Thorns Starfish Crisis

Inside the Mangrove Forest with accompanying Watch It! worksheet

Pollution: Everything is Connected with accompanying Watch It! worksheet

World Class Marine Research

5Read It!

Read It! This worksheet is designed to be used with any of our blogs.

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