Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Reefs

Black-Backed Butterflyfish
Black-Backed Butterflyfish
Scientific Name: Chaetodon melannotus
Family: Chaetodontidae
Category: Butterflyfishes
Also known as: Blackback Butterflyfish
Size: 4 to 6 in. (10 to 15 cm)  
Depth: 6-80 ft. (2-25 m)
Distribution: Indo-West Pacific, Red Sea, Great Barrier Reef

Fish
Disk & Large Oval
Butterflyfishes

Black-Backed Butterflyfish

Blue-Spot Butterflyfish

Dotted butterflyfish

Eclipse Butterflyfish

Ovalspot Butterflyfish

Teardrop Butterflyfish

Spot-Nape Butterflyfish

Latticed Butterflyfish

Eight-Banded Butterflyfish

Eight-Banded Butterflyfish (White Variation)

Blacklip Butterflyfish

Reticulated Butterflyfish

Threadfin Butterflyfish

Bluestripe Butterflyfish

Threebanded Butterflyfish

Pyramid Butterflyfish

Blacknosed Butterflyfish

Longsnout Butterflyfish

Orange-Banded Coralfish

Two-Eyed Coralfish

Humphead Bannerfish

Pennant Bannerfish

Masked Bannerfish

Singular Bannerfish

Schooling Bannerfish

Longnose Butterflyfish

Big Longnose Butterflyfish

Big Longnose Butterflyfish (Dark Form)

Banded Butterflyfish

Foureye Butterflyfish

Spotfin Butterflyfish

Reef Butterflyfish

Vagabond Butterflyfish

Atoll Butterflyfish

Crosshatch Butterflyfish

Chevroned Butterflyfish

Saddled Butterflyfish

Ornate Butterflyfish

Spot-Banded Butterflyfish (Juvenile)

Spot-Banded Butterflyfish

Eastern Triangular Butterflyfish

Redfin Butterflyfish

Fourspot Butterflyfish

Speckled Butterflyfish

Meyer's Butterflyfish

Dot-Dash Butterflyfish

Multiband Butterflyfish

Milletseed Butterflyfish

Raccoon Butterflyfish

Pacific Double-Saddle Butterflyfish

Panda Butterflyfish

Surgeonfishes
Rabbitfishes
Angelfishes
Zanclidae

External Reference: fishbase.org itis.gov

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