The Saddle Butterflyfish can be recognised by the large white-bordered black area on the upper side below the dorsal fin. The body is grey with blue-grey stripes across the lower sides. The breast and snout are yellow. Adults have a filament extending from the back of the dorsal fin. source: Australian Museum Factsheets
The Saddled Butterflyfish has a large black saddle-shaped area edged with white on the top rear part of the body. The body is grey with horizontal blue stripes on the lower half. The snout and throat are yellow. Adults have a filament trailing from the back of the dorsal fin. source: OZ Animals
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| Threats: | Overharvesting for aquarium trade |
| IUCN_Threat_status: | Least Concern |
| Abundance: | 1.652 |
| Common_Name: | Saddled butterflyfish;Saddle Butterflyfish; saddled butterflyfish |
| Diet: | Sesile Inverts |
| Range: | 762.067 |
| Behaviour: | Generally occurs in pairs, which move slowly over the reef within small territories picking at small invertebrates. |
| Invasive: | Not known to be invasive |
| Description: | Squarish multicoloured butterflyfish with long filament projecting from rear of dorsal fin, dark rounded patch bordered below with white at rear of upper body, wavy blue lines along lower sides, yellow snout, and thin pink bar across base of tail and rear of dorsal fin. |
| Frequency: | 0.961 |
| Accepted name | Source |
|---|---|
| Chaetodon ephippium |
| Common name | Source |
|---|---|
| Saddle Butterflyfish | |
| Saddled Butterflyfish | |
| Black-blotched Butterfly-fish | |
| Saddle-back Butterflyfish | |
| Blackblotch Butterflyfish | |
| Blackclothed Butterflyfish | |
| Saddled Coralfish |
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