Chaetodontidae (Butterflyfishes) |
18 cm TL (male/unsexed) |
reef-associated; depth range 3 - 30 m |
Indo-West Pacific: Andaman Sea and Sumatra, Indonesia to Papua New Guinea, north to southern Japan, south to northwest Australia and the Great Barrier Reef. |
Dorsal spines (total): 8; Dorsal soft rays (total): 31-33; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 20-22. Description: Body white, three vertical bars golden or dark brown, the two behind head spaced closely, the other one before tail extends from dorsal fin to anal fin; eye bar diagonal brown; caudal peduncle bar black. Snout length 3.0-3.1 in HL. Body depth 1.4-1.5 in SL (Ref. 90102). |
A poorly known species (Ref. 4855). Found in inshore reefs in mixed algae and coral habitats and coastal drop-offs (Ref. 48636). Uncommon (Ref. 90102). Oviparous (Ref. 205). Form pairs during breeding (Ref. 205). |
(Ref. 96402)
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harmless |
Recorded from Malalag Bay, Paril-Sangay Protected Seascape, Moro Gulf (Ref. 106380). |
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