Dot & Dash Butterflyfish

Scientific Name: Chaetodon pelewensis
Family: Butterflyfish - Chaetodontidae
Maximum Size: 12.5cm
Description: Yellowish tan with diagonal rows of dark spots becoming solid bands on upper body; orange eye bar, black spot on nape.
Favourite: Usually in pairs, sometimes with Spot-banded Butterflyfish (occasionally hybridize).
Hide-out: Outer reefs to 30m.
Location: Pacific - Indonesia, Philippines, Micronesia to Line Is. in eastern Central Pacific. N. Philippines to N.W. & E. Australia.