1. Churaumi Fish Encyclopedia
  2. Pearlscale butterflyfish
  • The Coral Sea
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Pearlscale butterflyfish
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Swims alone or in pairs. They mainly feed on polyps of reef-building corals, and are hard to keep in captivity. It has a distinctive forward-pointing chevron pattern on the sides of its body, and yellow hind parts.

Scientific name Chaetodon xanthurus
English name Pearlscale butterflyfish

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