A number of butterflyfish sport spots over various kinds. The oval spot is yellow all over apart from its oval spot and black bar across the face.
Distinctive black ‘dot matrix’ pattern over a silver body, and golden coloured rear end. (No to be confused with the Citron which has a similar pattern, but more uniformly yellow rather than silver and gold).
Similar to the longnose, but has a longer nose, and little black speckles on its chin. Often feeding in pairs – using its really long nose to get into crevices that the regular longnose can’t get to!
Clearly identifiable by its long nose. Different from the really-long nosed, in that the really-long nosed has speckles on its chin, the long-nosed doesn’t.
Largest of the Butterflyfish. There are others with vertical lines, but this one has a single black bar across the eye, and another which extends from the top of the back to, and including, the base of the tail (caudal peduncle).
Largest of the Butterflyfish. There are others with vertical lines, but this one has a single black bar across the eye, and another which extends from the top of the back to, and including, the base of the tail (caudal peduncle).
Easily identifiable by the chevron pattern – but not to be confused with the Triangular Butterflyfish, which is also has a chevron pattern, but a rounded dorsal fin; the Chevroned Butterfly has a pointed (triangular) dorsal fin. (Didn’t make sense to me either).
Bannerfish are easily recognisable by the banner-like dorsal fin (hence sometimes called the Longfin) which makes them look a little like a Moorish Idol, though they are in the Butterflyfish family.
