Scientific Name: Chaetodon mertensii
Family: Butterflyfish - Chaetodontidae
Maximum Size: 12.5cm
Description: White with chevron markings, outer tail yellow to orange; broad yellow to orange bar across rear body, black eye bar and spot or smudge on nape.
Favourite: Solitary or in pairs.
Hide-out: Lagoons and outer slopes in 10-120m.
Location: Indo-Pacific - E. Africa, Maldives, Indonesia, Philippines and New Guinea to French Polynesia. S.W. Japan to E. Australia.
Yellowback Butterflyfish
Labels: Butterflyfish
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