Pearlscale Butterflyfish Chaetodon xanthurus

Pearlscale Butterflyfish
Pearlscale Butterflyfish
Pearlscale Butterflyfish
The Pearlscale Butterflyfish is also called the Yellow-tailed, the Crosshatch and the Philippines Chevron. It is native to reefs from Indonesia and the Philippines to Japan. The fish can grow to 15cm long.
Pearlscale Butterflyfish
Pearlscale Butterflyfish
Pearlscale Butterflyfish
It is part of the "Crown" complex (referring to the white bordered black spot on the upper forehead) which includes the similar but red-patterned Crown (or Eritrean) Butterflyfish of the Red Sea. It often lives singly or in pairs among acropora coral - the long snout allows it to seek out algae and small invertebrates among corals.
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Seychelles Butterflyfish Chaetodon madagaskariensis

Seychelles Butterflyfish
Seychelles Butterflyfish
Seychelles Butterflyfish
The Seychelles Butterflyfish, sometimes called Seychelles Pearlscale, looks superficially similar to the Pearscale with a more open chevron pattern and is native to the Indian Ocean. It grows to 13cm long.