Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Pacific Reefs

Pyramid Butterflyfish
Pyramid Butterflyfish
Scientific Name: Hemitaurichthys polylepis
Family: Chaetodontidae
Category: Butterflyfishes
Size: 5 to 7 in. (13 to 18 cm)  
Depth: 15-180 ft. (5-55 m)
Distribution: Eastern Indo-Pacific, Hawaii, Great Barrier Reef

Fish
Disk & Large Oval
Butterflyfishes

Pyramid Butterflyfish

Saddled Butterflyfish

Vagabond Butterflyfish

Atoll Butterflyfish

Crosshatch Butterflyfish

Chevroned Butterflyfish

Ornate Butterflyfish

Meyer's Butterflyfish (Juvenile)

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

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

Humphead Bannerfish

Pennant Bannerfish

Masked Bannerfish

Schooling Bannerfish

Longnose Butterflyfish

Big Longnose Butterflyfish

Big Longnose Butterflyfish (Dark Form)

Orange-Banded Coralfish

Two-Eyed Coralfish

Surgeonfishes
Rabbitfishes
Angelfishes
Zanclidae

External Reference: fishbase.org itis.gov

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