Teardrop Butterflyfish,
Chaetodon unimaculatus
Bloch 1787
Other Names: Pacific Teardrop Butterflyfish
A Teardrop Butterflyfish, Chaetodon unimaculatus, at Comets Hole in the lagoon at Lord Howe Island, Tasman Sea. Source: Andrew J. Green / Reef life Survey. License: CC by Attribution
Summary:
A whitish butterflyfish with yellow dorsal, anal and pelvic fins, a large teardrop shaped black spot on the upperside, a broad black bar though the eye, fine yellowish-orange chevron-shaped markings on sides before the black spot, and a black submarginal band across the caudal peduncle and running onto the dorsal and anal fins.
Video of a Teardrop Butterflyfish at Miyako Island, Okinawa
Cite this page as: Dianne J. Bray, Chaetodon unimaculatus in Fishes of Australia, accessed 10 Nov 2020, http://136.154.202.208/home/species/2404
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