Saltwaterfish. Butterflyfishes. Solitaty and reclusive fish that prefers deeper reefs. It uses its long snout to pick small invertebrates out of tiny holes and from between sea urchin spines.

- Spotfin Butterflyfish Chaetodon ocellatus
- Foureye Butterflyfish Chaetodon capistratus

Size: 5 to 8 cm.
Colour: Lower body is white, upper body starts with yellow and gets darker towards the dorsal fin from dark brown to black.
Shape: Oval with long snout.

Inhabits coral reefs. Solitaty and reclusive fish that prefers deeper reefs. It uses its long snout to pick small invertebrates out of tiny holes and from between sea urchin spines.

BES-eilanden: St. Eustatius.

[Marion Haarsma, feb. 2016]

- DeLoach, N., & Humann, P. (2002). Reef Fish Identification - Florida Caribbean Bahamas - 3th Edition. New World Publications, Inc.

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