Raccoon Butterflyfish

Scientific Name: Chaetodon lunula
Family: Butterflyfish - Chaetodontidae
Maximum Size: 21cm
Description: Yellow-orange, with dusky back and thin dark diagonal bands; black eye band with white patch behind, connected to wide black band running to dorsal fin.
Favourite: Solitary, in pairs or aggregations.
Hide-out: Lagoons and outer reefs to 30m.
Location: Indo-Pacific - E. Africa to Indonesia, Micronesia, Hawaii and Galapagos. S.W. Japan to N.W. & E. Australia.

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