Lined Butterflyfish is the largest of this group, attaining up to 30 cm in length. Feeds on sea anemones. Often mixed up with the angelfish, the butterfly fish have a pointed snout. They do not grow as big as the angelfishes. Their long snouts indicates that their dietary habits differ from those of the Angelfishes.
Butterflyfishes use their snouts to forage the nooks and cranies of the reef.
They do not grow as big as the angelfishes. Up to about 20cm. All rights reserved. Website is created and designed by Dennis Wong , 2000.