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

Vagabond butterfly fish

Scientific name : Chaetodon vagabundus


Average sized butterflyfish, white with diagonal black lines, superimposing with a distinctive pattern. Vertical black band covering the eye and on the back. Dorsal, anal and caudal fins yellow, the dorsal with a thin blue border. Common in lagoon, internal reef, often in areas of turbid water and dead coral. Feeds on corals, anemones, polychaetes and algae.
Resempling all the white and black butterflyfishes with yellow fins, the colour patterns more strictly resembles Chaetodon auriga, but C. vagabundus misses the dorsal filament.
Very similar species is Chaetodon decussatus of Indian Ocean, with black fins. The juvenile form has a black area on the dorsal fin upper corner.


Habitat: Back reef, Reef flat, Reef front

Distribution: Indo-Pacific, Red sea

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