Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Pacific Reefs

Black Butterflyfish
Black Butterflyfish
Scientific Name: Chaetodon flavirostris
Family: Chaetodontidae
Category: Butterflyfishes
Size: Up to 8 in. (20 cm)  
Depth: 6-60 ft. (2-18 m)
Distribution: Great Barrier Reef, Fiji, Tonga, French Polynesia

Fish
Disk & Large Oval
Butterflyfishes

Black Butterflyfish

Black-Backed Butterflyfish

Blue-Spot Butterflyfish

Dotted butterflyfish

Eclipse Butterflyfish

Ovalspot Butterflyfish

Teardrop Butterflyfish

Meyer's Butterflyfish

Meyer's Butterflyfish (Juvenile)

Latticed Butterflyfish

Eight-Banded Butterflyfish

Eight-Banded Butterflyfish (White Variation)

Blacklip Butterflyfish

Reticulated Butterflyfish

Threadfin Butterflyfish

Bluestripe Butterflyfish

Humphead Bannerfish

Pennant Bannerfish

Masked Bannerfish

Singular Bannerfish

Schooling Bannerfish

Longnose Butterflyfish

Big Longnose Butterflyfish

Big Longnose Butterflyfish (Dark Form)

Orange-Banded Coralfish

Two-Eyed Coralfish

Pyramid Butterflyfish

Saddled Butterflyfish

Vagabond Butterflyfish

Atoll Butterflyfish

Crosshatch Butterflyfish

Chevroned Butterflyfish

Ornate Butterflyfish

Spot-Nape Butterflyfish

Eastern Triangular Butterflyfish

Redfin Butterflyfish

Fourspot Butterflyfish

Speckled Butterflyfish

Spot-Banded 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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