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Animal realm > Chordates > Vertebrates > Bony fishes > Perciforms > Butterflyfishes > Dotted butterfly fish

Dotted butterfly fish

Scientific name : Chaetodon semeion


Large (26 cm) butterfly fish, yellow with dotted lines on both sides. Black spots under eyes and on dosal and anal fins. Blue nape. Filament on dorsal fin, heading backward. Uncommon and wary, lives in coral covered areas on back reef and reef front. The only yellow butterfly fish with dorsal filament.


Habitat: Reef

Distribution: Indo-Pacific

Sheet author: MASSIMO BOYER
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