Pacific Double-saddle Butterflyfish

Scientific Name: Chaetodon ulietensis
Species: Butterflyfishes (Chaetodontidae)
Other names: Pacific Double-saddle Butterfly, Double-saddle Pacific Butterflyfish, Saddled Butterflyfish, False Double-saddle Butterfly, False Double-saddle Butterflyfish, Double-barred Butterflyfish, False Furcula Butterflyfish.

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Also known as Pacific Double-saddle Butterfly, Double-saddle Pacific Butterflyfish, Saddled Butterflyfish, False Double-saddle Butterfly, False Double-saddle Butterflyfish, Double-barred Butterflyfish and False Furcula Butterflyfish.

Found in pairs on outer reef walls and lagoons.
Juveniles singly and secretive on reefs.
They feed on coral polyps, tentacles of featherdusters and Christmas-tree worms.
Length - 15cm
Depth - 1-30m
East 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 Pacific Double-saddle Butterflyfish has been photographed 3 times by users @BrockNanson @fishx6