Meyer's Butterflyfish, Chaetodon meyeri Bloch & Schneider 1801

Other Names: Maypole Butterflyfish, Meyer's Coralfish, Meyer's Coralfish, Scrawled Butterflyfish

Meyer's Butterflyfish, Chaetodon meyeri, at Sulawesi, Indonesia. Source: Mark Rosenstein / iNaturalist.org. License: CC BY Attribution-Noncommercial-ShareAlike

Summary:

A whitish to greyish butterflyfish with dark diagonal stripes that curve posteriorly, a yellow-edged bar behind the mouth and one through the eye.

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Dianne J. Bray, Chaetodon meyeri in Fishes of Australia, accessed 08 Sep 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/2388

Meyer's Butterflyfish, Chaetodon meyeri Bloch & Schneider 1801

More Info

Distribution	Rottnest Island to Ningaloo Reef, also Rowley Shoals and Scott Reef, Western Australia, Ashmore Reef, Timor Sea, and the southern part of the Great Barrier Reef, Queensland; also at Cocos (Keeling) and Christmas islands, Indian Ocean. The species occurs elsewhere in the Indo-west-central Pacific. Inhabits clear rich-coral areas in lagoons and on seaward reefs.
Feeding	An obligate corallivore - may feed on coral mucus, rather than coral tissue.
Species Citation	Chaetodon meyeri Bloch & Schneider, 1801, Systema Ichthyologiae: 223. Type locality: Ambon, Moluccas.
Author	Dianne J. Bray
Resources	Australian Faunal Directory

Meyer's Butterflyfish, Chaetodon meyeri Bloch & Schneider 1801

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