Meyer's Butterflyfish
Scientific Name: Chaetodon meyeri
Species: Butterflyfishes (Chaetodontidae)
Other names: Coralfishes, Chaetodon meyersi, Meyer's Coralfish, Maypole Butterflyfish, Scrawled Butterflyfish.
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Meyer's ButterflyfishUploaded by: @fishx6 in August 2007
Photographed at: Gan - Maldives
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Meyer's ButterflyfishUploaded by: @fishx6 in August 2007
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Meyer's ButterflyfishUploaded by: @fishx6 in June 2010
Photographed at: Mirihi Island Resort - Maldives
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Meyer's ButterflyfishUploaded by: @fishx6 in June 2010
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Meyer's ButterflyfishUploaded by: @fishx6 in June 2010
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Meyer's ButterflyfishUploaded by: @fishx6 in May 2008
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Meyer's ButterflyfishUploaded by: @fishx6 in May 2008
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Meyer's ButterflyfishUploaded by: @fishx6 in May 2008
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Meyer's ButterflyfishUploaded by: @fishx6 in May 2007
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Meyer's ButterflyfishUploaded by: @fishx6 in May 2008
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Meyer's ButterflyfishUploaded by: @fishx6 in March 2008
Photographed at: Gangehi - Maldives
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Meyer's ButterflyfishUploaded by: @fishx6 in June 2010
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Description
Also known as Coralfishes, Chaetodon meyersi, Meyer's Coralfish, Maypole Butterflyfish and Scrawled Butterflyfish.
Found singly or in pairs in clear water lagoons and seaward reefs near outer walls with rich coral growth.
They feed on coral polyps, tentacles of featherdusters and Christmas-tree worms.
Length - 20cm
Depth - 2-25m
Widespread Indo-Pacific
Butterflyfish and angelfish are members of the bristletooth family (Chaetodontidae) they have very fine hairlike teeth that enable them to pick out small organisms inaccessible to most other fish for eating.
Butterflyfishes thrive on a diet of coral polyps, tentacles of featherdusters and Christmas-tree worms. As these food sources all zap back into their shells the butterflyfishes need to be able to hover motionless while picking at the coral and to dart swiftly over short distances to get the worm before it retracts. They do this by using their Pectoral fins as oars to brake, sprint, turn and even reverse.
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The Meyer's Butterflyfish is found in or near the Indo-Pacific region(s) and has been photographed 12 times by user @fishx6
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