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Family Chaetodontidae

INDIAN OCEAN

Hemitaurichthys zoster

BROWN & WHITE BUTTERFLYFISH

Forms large aggregations high above reefs, ledges, walls, and wrecks exposed to current.  Feeds upon zooplankton.  Attains 7 inches.  East Africa to the Andaman Sea.  Similar to Hemitaurichthys polylepis in the Pacific.