Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Pacific Reefs

Pyramid Butterflyfish
Hemitaurichthys polylepis
Pyramid Butterflyfish
Category: Butterflyfishes
Scientific Name: Hemitaurichthys polylepis
Size: 5 to 7 in. (13 to 18 cm)  
Depth: 15-180 ft. (5-55 m)
Distribution: Eastern Indo-Pacific, Hawaii, Great Barrier Reef, French Polynesia
Chordata (Phylum)
└Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
 └Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
  └Actinopteri (Superclass)
   └Teleostei (Class)
    └Acanthuriformes (Order)
     └Chaetodontidae (Family)
      └Hemitaurichthys (Genus)

Disk & Large Oval
Butterflyfishes

Pyramid Butterflyfish

Pennant Bannerfish

Schooling Bannerfish

Masked Bannerfish

Singular Bannerfish

Humphead Bannerfish

Panda Butterflyfish

Threadfin Butterflyfish

Eastern Triangular Butterflyfish

Eclipse Butterflyfish

Speckled Butterflyfish

Saddled Butterflyfish

Black Butterflyfish

Bluestripe Butterflyfish

Blacklip Butterflyfish

Raccoon Butterflyfish

Redfin Butterflyfish

Black-Backed Butterflyfish

Atoll Butterflyfish

Meyer's Butterflyfish

Meyer's Butterflyfish (Juvenile)

Milletseed Butterflyfish

Multiband Butterflyfish

Eight-Banded Butterflyfish

Eight-Banded Butterflyfish (White Variation)

Ornate Butterflyfish

Spot-Nape Butterflyfish

Dot-Dash Butterflyfish

Blue-Spot Butterflyfish

Spot-Banded Butterflyfish

Fourspot Butterflyfish

Latticed Butterflyfish

Reticulated Butterflyfish

Dotted butterflyfish

Ovalspot Butterflyfish

Chevroned Butterflyfish

Pacific Double-Saddle Butterflyfish

Teardrop Butterflyfish

Vagabond Butterflyfish

Crosshatch Butterflyfish

Orange-Banded Coralfish

Two-Eyed Coralfish

Longnose Butterflyfish

Big Longnose Butterflyfish

Big Longnose Butterflyfish (Dark Form)



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