Florent's Guide To The Hawaiian, South Pacific and

Indo-Pacific Reefs

Meyer's Butterflyfish
Chaetodon meyeri
Meyer's Butterflyfish
Category: Butterflyfishes
Scientific Name: Chaetodon meyeri
Size: Up to 4.75 in. (12 cm)  
Depth: 6-150 ft. (2-45 m)
Distribution: Pacific, Philippines, Indonesia, Great Barrier Reef
Chordata (Phylum)
Vertebrata (Subphylum)
 └Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
  └Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
   └Teleostei (Class)
    └Acanthuriformes (Order)
     └Chaetodontidae (Family)
      └Chaetodon (Genus)
       └C. meyeri (Species)

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