Species photo: Susan Prior, CC BY 4.0, via iNaturalist
Saltwater Fish · Butterflyfish
Chaetodon melannotus
$60.00
A small, young blackback butterflyfish with slanting black lines, a yellow rim and yellow fins.
Only 1 left in our tanks
From our species guide
In plain words: The blackback is a flat, silver-white fish with a yellow edge all around. Lots of thin dark lines slant up its sides. A black stripe hides each eye, and a black patch sits near its tail.
This is a small, young blackback butterflyfish, a silvery fish ringed in yellow with diagonal black lines and a black band through the eye. In the wild it eats live coral polyps, so it is not reef safe and belongs in a fish-only tank. Adults reach about 7 inches and need 120 gallons or more. Choose it if you can offer small, varied meaty meals several times a day.
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