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Created 2/12/2025

Family Chaetodontidae

INDIAN OCEAN

Hemitaurichthys zoster



Maldives

BLACK PYRAMID BUTTERFLYFISH

Forms large aggregations high above reefs, ledges, walls, and wrecks exposed to current.  Feeds upon zooplankton.  Attains 6.25 inches.  East Africa to west coast of Sumatra.  Replaced by Hemitaurichthys polylepis in the Pacific.