Blue-Spot Butterflyfish

Scientific Name: Chaetodon plebeius
Family: Butterflyfish - Chaetodontidae
Maximum Size: 15cm
Description: Bright yellow with numerous faint stripes; blue patch on side, ocellated spot on base of tail and blue-edged eye bar.
Favourite: Solitary or in pairs.
Hide-out: Shallow coastal waters including lagoons and seaward reefs to 10m.
Location: East Indo-West Pacific - Andaman Sea to Indonesia, New Guinea and Fiji. S.W. Japan to W. & E. Australia.