Saddled Butterflyfish

Scientific Name: Chaetodon ephippium
Family: Butterflyfish - Chaetodontidae
Maximum Size: 23cm
Description: Blue-gray with blue lines on lower body; large white-bordered black patch upper rear body, orange area from snout to ventral fins.
Favourite: Solitary or in pairs.
Hide-out: Coral-rich areas in lagoons and seaward reefs to 30m.
Location: Indo-Pacific - Sri Lanka to Indonesia, Philippines, Micronesia and French Polynesia. S.W. Japan to N.W. & N.E. Australia.