pearlscale butterflyfish (Chaetodon xanthurus) Description
English: Chaetodon xanthurus, Pearlscale butterflyfish. Underwater photograph, Pemuteran, Bali, Indonesia.
Date March 1996
Author Bernard E. Picton BernardP
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bep_chaetodon_xanthurus.jpg
The pearlscale butterflyfish (Chaetodon xanthurus) is a species of butterflyfish (family Chaetodontidae) also known as yellow-tailed butterflyfish or Philippines chevron butterflyfish (the chevron butterflyfish is an unrelated species of Chaetodon). It is found on or around the reefs of the central Indo-Pacific region from Indonesia and the Philippines north to the Ryukyu Islands. Order: Perciformes, Family: Chaetodontidae, Genus: Chaetodon, Species: Chaetodon xanthurus Bleeker, 1857
