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Banded Butterflyfish
Chaetodon striatus
16.7584, -87.7748
Field Notes
Description:
Description: A small, disc-shaped fish with a pointed snout and prominent spines at the leading edge of the dorsal fin. The body is pale silver or white, with a thin black vertical bar running through the eye and two thicker vertical body bars . The fins at the rear of the body are black and edged in white. Sexes appear similar and juveniles resemble adults with a large black spot, ringed in white, at the back of the dorsal fin
Maximum Size: 16 cm (6 in)
Habitat:
Tom Owens Cay, Belize
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