Hawaiian butterflyfish


The Hawaiian butterflyfish, Chaetodon tinkeri, is a member of the family Chaetodontidae of order Perciformes. It is also known as Tinker's butterflyfish, after Spencer W. Tinker who discovered it in 1949, trapping them in fish traps at off Oahu, Hawaii.

Description

It grows to a maximum length of. It swims alone or in pairs and occasionally in small aggregations. Its coloring is divided on the diagonal between black and white. It has gold dorsal and tail fins, and a gold vertical bar across its eyes.

Range and habitat

This fish inhabits Hawaii, Johnston Atoll and the Marshall Islands in the tropical Pacific Ocean. It prefers steep slopes, near black corals at depths of.

Feeding

The Hawaiian butterflyfish feeds on a variety of planktonic and benthic organisms.

In the aquarium

These fish are somewhat popular in aquaria.