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Updated 4/7/2020

Family Chaetodontidae

WEST PACIFIC

Chaetodon meyeri



Palau

Wakatobi, Indonesia, 50 feet

MEYER'S BUTTERFLYFISH

Common on coral reefs to 80 feet.  Forms pairs during courtship.  Feeds on coral polyps.  Attains 8 inches.  Indonesia to Japan, east to the Line Islands, excluding Hawai'i.  Chaetodon ornatissimus has orange stripes.