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Animal realm > Chordates > Vertebrates > Bony fishes > Perciforms > Butterflyfishes > Black pyramid butterflyfish

Black pyramid butterflyfish

Scientific name : Hemitaurichthys zoster


Plankton feeder butterflyfish, with a typical colour pattern: black head and back part, white central part. Size 16 cm. In large aggregations in the water column. In the Pacific lives the similar species Hemitaurichthys polylepis, with orange fins.


Habitat: Reef external slope

Distribution: Indian Ocean

Sheet author: MASSIMO BOYER
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