Scrawled butterflyfish

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Scrawled butterflyfish

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Chaetodontidae
Genus: Chaetodon
Species: C. meyeri
Binomial name
Chaetodon meyeri
Bloch & Schneider, 1801

The scrawled butterflyfish, Chaetodon meyeri, is a member of the Chaetodontidae.

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[edit] Range

Found in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean from East Africa to the Line Islands; north to the Ryukyu Islands; south to the Great Barrier Reef; including Micronesia and the Galapagos Islands. [1]

[edit] Description

Grows to a maximum of 20cm long. Body is whitish or blue-white with curved to oblique black bands on the sides. A yellow edged black bar runs through the eye, another is on the snout. [1]

[edit] Diet

Scrawled butterflyfish feed exclusively on coral polyps. [1]

[edit] Habitat

The scrawled butterflyfish is found at depths between 2 and 25m, in coral rich areas of clear lagoon and seaward reefs. [1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d "Chaetodon meyeri". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. 12 2007 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2007.