[Image]Scientific Name: Chaetodon octofasciatus Family: Butterflyfish - Chaetodontidae Maximum Size: 12cm Description: Yellow Variation - Yellow to orange with 8 narrow black bars. Favourite: Shelters among branching corals; feed exclusively on coral polyps. Hide-out: Shallow protected lagoons (often turbid/silty) and inner reefs with good coral cover in 3-20m. Location: Indo-Asian Pacific - Sri Lanka to Indonesia, Philippines and Solomon Is. S.W. Japan to N. New Guinea.
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