Butterflyfish, Part 3
35 entries in the Butterflyfish, Part 3 compendium.
Spot-nape butterflyfishA coral-feeding butterflyfish with a pointed snout and yellow-margined black back.Spot-tail butterflyfishA coral reef butterflyfish with a distinctive tail spot.Sunburst butterflyfishAn Indo-Pacific butterflyfish with variable bars and a taste for Aiptasia.Teardrop butterflyfishA butterflyfish with a teardrop blotch, found in Indo-Pacific reefs.Threadfin butterflyfishA wide-ranging butterflyfish with a trailing dorsal filament.Chaetodon triangulumA territorial corallivore of Indian Ocean reefs, associated with Acropora corals.Chaetodon ulietensisPacific double-saddle butterflyfish, a coral-reef omnivore with distinctive saddles.Vagabond butterflyfishA chevron-patterned butterflyfish of Indo-Pacific reefs.West Australian butterflyfishEndemic butterflyfish of Western Australia's rocky reefs.White-faced butterflyfishA coral reef butterflyfish found in the northwestern Indian Ocean.Chaetodon wiebeliA yellow butterflyfish with a black forehead blotch and eye band.Yellow teardrop butterflyfishA yellow butterflyfish with a teardrop-shaped black spot.Yellow-dotted butterflyfishA poorly known butterflyfish with age-fading black bars and yellow fins.Yellowhead butterflyfishIndian Ocean butterflyfish with golden-yellow head and greyish blue chevrons.Chaetodon zanzibarensisA small, coral-feeding butterflyfish of the western Indian Ocean.Copperband butterflyfishA reef fish with yellow bands and a long beak.Chelmon marginalisA reef fish endemic to Australia, rarely exported for aquariums.Chelmon muelleriA long-snouted butterflyfish endemic to Australian coastal reefs.Forcipiger longirostrisA long-snouted butterflyfish of Indo-Pacific coral reefs.Yellow longnose butterflyfishA territorial, monogamous butterflyfish of the Indo-Pacific and eastern Pacific.Hemitaurichthys multispinosusA drab grey butterflyfish of deep southern Pacific reefs.Many-spined butterflyfishA drab grey butterflyfish of deep southern Pacific reefs.Pyramid butterflyfishA planktivorous butterflyfish with a distinctive pyramidal pattern.Hemitaurichthys zosterA planktivorous butterflyfish of the Indian Ocean's outer reefs.Heniochus chrysostomusA butterflyfish with three brown bands and a yellow mouth.Heniochus monocerosA small Indo-Pacific butterflyfish with two black vertical bands.Pennant coralfishA small Indo-Pacific fish with a long white dorsal filament.Heniochus pleurotaeniaA small Indo-Pacific bannerfish with a brown face mask and white filaments.Red Sea bannerfishA butterflyfish with a banner-like dorsal filament.Schooling bannerfishA schooling butterflyfish of the Indo-Pacific, often mistaken for the Moorish idol.Heniochus singulariusThe largest species of the genus Heniochus, found in the Indo-Pacific.Heniochus variusA butterflyfish with prominent horns and a hump on the forehead.Prognathodes aculeatusA solitary West Atlantic butterflyfish with a distinctive long snout.Bank butterflyfishA shy reef fish of the western Atlantic.Prognathodes dichrousA deep-water butterflyfish endemic to Ascension and Saint Helena islands.
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