Photo: Bernard E. Picton BernardP · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Description
- 📏 up to 19 cm
- 🌊 lagoons, slopes
The ornate butterflyfish is white, striped with orange chevrons. It lives in pairs and feeds on coral polyps.
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In Tahitian: paraharaha.
Source: TAXREF vernacular database
Tahitian names: TAXREF (INPN/MNHN) – Society Islands. French name: Papillon orné.
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