Lineated Butterflyfish

Description: Body pale orange, dorsally and posteriorly blue, diagonal stripes nearly horizontal, purple; eye bar black, margin yellow; anal fin bar black, margin yellow, base reddish; caudal fin base also reddish. Distinguished by the orange caudal peduncle (Ref. 48636). Tip of caudal fin is transparent (Ref 4855). Snout length 3.3-4.4 in HL. Body depth 1.5-1.8 in SL (Ref. 90102).

Distinct pairing (Ref. 205). Monogamous mating is observed as obligate, geentic and social (Ref. 52884).

Dorsal spines (total): 13 - 14; Dorsal soft rays (total): 20 - 22; Analspines: 3; Analsoft rays: 18 - 21

Occur in coral-rich lagoons and semi-protected seaward reefs. Territorial and aggressive to other Chaetodon. Small juveniles secretive in corals (Ref. 48636). Swim in pairs. Feed exclusively on coral polyps, particularly of the Pocillopora type (Ref. 5503, 48636, 58652).

Occur in coral-rich lagoons and semi-protected seaward reefs. Territorial and aggressive to other Chaetodon. Small juveniles secretive in corals (Ref. 48636). Swim in pairs. Feed exclusively on coral polyps, particularly of the Pocillopora type (Ref. 5503, 48636). Oviparous (Ref. 205), monogamous (Ref. 52884). Form pairs during breeding (Ref. 205).

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