Name: Blackback butterflyfish
Scientific Name: Chaetodon melannotus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Family: Chaetodontidae
Group: Bony fish
Class: Fish
Size: 11-25 cm.
The blackback butterflyfish lives in shallows on the periphery of reefs and in lagoons with large coral growth. Here, it can be observed alone or in pairs. It is a strongly territorial species, in areas where it searches for the corals on which it feeds.
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Oceanário Location
Tropical Indian
