Florent's Guide To The

Hawaii Reefs

Ornate Butterflyfish
Ornate Butterflyfish
Scientific Name: Chaetodon ornatissimus
Order: Acanthuriformes
Family: Chaetodontidae
Category: Butterflyfishes
Size: 4 to 7 in. (10 to 18 cm)  
Depth: 10-90 ft. (3-27 m)
Distribution: Indo-Pacific, Hawaii, Australia, French Polynesia

Disk & Large Oval
Butterflyfishes

Ornate Butterflyfish

Fourspot Butterflyfish

Reticulated Butterflyfish

Teardrop Butterflyfish

Longnose Butterflyfish

Big Longnose Butterflyfish

Big Longnose Butterflyfish (Dark Form)

Pyramid Butterflyfish

Schooling Bannerfish

Threadfin Butterflyfish

Speckled Butterflyfish

Saddled Butterflyfish

Bluestripe Butterflyfish

Blacklip Butterflyfish

Raccoon Butterflyfish

Redfin Butterflyfish

Milletseed Butterflyfish

Multiband Butterflyfish



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