Family: Butterflyfish - Chaetodontidae
Maximum Size: 16cm
Description: White with numerous faint yellow spots arranged in diagonal rows, fins yellow except pectorals; blackish rim on rear body.
Favourite: Solitary or in pairs.
Hide-out: Rubble or sand bottoms of coastal reefs in 8-50m.
Location: Asian Pacific - Indonesia to Malaysian Peninsula, Philippines and N. New Guinea. S.W. Japan and S. China Sea.
Yellow-Dotted Butterflyfish
Japanese Butterflyfish
Family: Butterflyfish - Chaetodontidae
Maximum Size: 15cm
Description: Yellowish or brassy with dark gray to brownish head and rear body; black spot on rear dorsal fin.
Favourite: Solitary, in pairs or groups.
Hide-out: Rocky coastal reefs in 5-30m.
Location: North Asian Pacific - W. Pacific Rim from S. Korea and S. Japan to N. Philippines.
Latticed Butterflyfish
Family: Butterflyfish - Chaetodontidae
Maximum Size: 15cm
Description: Yellow with network of gray lines; broad dark submarginal band on soft dorsal fin and tail.
Favourite: Solitary or in pairs.
Hide-out: Primarily coral-rich areas of sheltered coastal reefs, lagoons and outer slopes to 15m.
Location: Indo-Pacific - Sri Lanka to Indonesia, New Guinea and French Polynesia. S.W. Japan to Great Barrier Reef.
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