Black & Yellow Butterflyfish

Scientific Name: Chaetodon smithi
Family: Butterflyfish - Chaetodontidae
Maximum Size: 17cm
Description: Dark brown head and forebody, yellow rear body and tail.
Favourite: Commonly in large mid-water feeding aggregations.
Hide-out: Rocky, algal-covered reefs with scattered coral in 10-30m.
Location: Rapa I., Ilots de Bass I. (Marotiri) and Pitcaim Is. in S. and S.E. French Polynesia.