Meyer's Butterflyfish

Chaetodon meyeri

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Max Size

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Max Weight

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Max Depth

25 m

Description

Chaetodon meyeri is a species of butterflyfish (family Chaetodontidae). Other names: Scrawled Butterflyfish. Description Growing to a maximum length of 20 cm (nearly 8 in), its body is whitish or blue-white with curved to oblique black bands on the sides. A yellow-edged black bar runs through the eye, anothe... Read more in Seabook

Locations

Sri Lanka Maldives Seychelles Laccadive Islands Indo-Pacific +52 more in Seabook

Colors

white

black

grey

yellow

blue

Edible

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Habitat and Environment

Coral reef

Social Behaviour

Group

Solitary

Conservation status

(LC) Least concern

Poisonous

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Danger to human

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Venomous

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