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Updated 3/19/2024

Family Chaetodontidae

ASIAN PACIFIC

Chaetodon plebeius



Waya, Fiji, 10 feet

Maeda Point, Okinawa, 20 feet

 

Kuata, Fiji, 12 feet

 BLUE-SPOT BUTTERFLYFISH    Sumitsuki-tonosamadai

Uncommon on coral reefs to 40 feet.  Feeds upon Acropora polyps and small invertebrates.  May clean parasites from other fish.  Attains 6 inches.  Thailand to Japan, east to Tonga.