Florent's Guide To The

Hawaiian Reefs

Pyramid Butterflyfish
Hemitaurichthys polylepis
Pyramid Butterflyfish
Category: Butterflyfishes
Scientific Name: Hemitaurichthys polylepis
Size: 5 to 7 in. (13 to 18 cm)  
Depth: 15-180 ft. (5-55 m)
Distribution: Hawaii, Great Barrier Reef, French Polynesia, Indonesia, Micronesia, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Taiwan, Solomon Islands, Fiji, New Caledonia
Chordata (Phylum) Chordates
└Vertebrata (Subphylum) Vertebrates
 └Osteichthyes (Parvphylum) Bony Fishes
  └Actinopterygii (Gigaclass) Ray-Finned Fish
   └Teleostei (Class) Teleosts
    └Acanthuriformes (Order)
     └Chaetodontidae (Family) Butterflyfishes
      └Hemitaurichthys (Genus)
       └H. polylepis (Species)
WoRMS ID: 277575🔗
iNaturalist ID: 102618🔗

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