Butterflyfishes: fishes of the family Chaetodontidae

Pennant Bannerfish pair

Pennant Bannerfish (Heniochus chrysostomus) pair at Big Dropoff, KoroRepublic of Palau.

Pennant Bannerfish

Pennant Bannerfish (Heniochus chrysostomus) over coral at New dropoff, Koror, Republic of Palau.

Masked Bannerfish pair

A Masked Bannerfish (Heniochus monoceros) pair at New Dropoff, Koror, Republic of Palau.

Masked Bannerfish

Frontal portrait of a Masked Bannerfish (Heniochus monoceros) at Dexter's Wall, Koror, Republic of Palau.

Saddleback Butterflyfish

Saddleback Butterflyfish (Chaetodon ephippium) portrait at Dexter's wall, Koror, Republic of Palau

Pennant Bannerfish

Pennant Bannerfish (Heniochus chrysostomus) at Sand Bar, Koror, Republic of Palau.

Teardrop Butterflyfish

Teardrop Butterflyfish (Chaetodon unimaculatus) portrait taken in a staghorn coral setting at Sand bar, Koror, Republic of Palau.

Oval Butterflyfish

Oval Butterflyfish (Chaetodon lunulatus) at Sand bar, Koror, Republic of Palau.

Humphead Bannerfish

Humphead Bannerfish (Heniochus varius) at Big Dropoff, Koror, Republic of Palau.

Vagabond Butterflyfish

Vagabond Butterflyfish (Chaetodon vagabundus) feeding on the reef at Big Dropoff, Koror, Republic of Palau.

Masked Bannerfish from Palau

Masked Bannerfish (Heniochus monceros) At German Channel, Koror, Republic of Palau.

Milletseed Butterflyfish

Milletseed Butterflyfish (Chaetodon miliaris) a hawaiian endemic fish off Niihau, Hawaii.

Pyramid Butterflyfish

Pyramid Butterflyfish (Hemitaurichthys polylepis) at the Vertical Awareness dive site off Niihau, Hawaii.

Nocturnal Ornate Butterflyfish

Ornate Butterflyfish (Chaetodon) ornatissimu)s displaying nocturnal coloration photographed off Kauai, Hawaii.

Over the abyss

Pyramid Butterflyfish (Hemitaurichthys polylepis) school positioned over a droff-off Niihau, Hawaii.

Two butterfyfish species

These two fish look alike from a distance but are actually two species of the genus Forcipiger in the butterfyfish family (Chaetodontidae). The upper left fish is a Forceptsfish (F. flavissimus) while other one is a Longnose Butterflyfish (F. longirostris). They are swiming through a submerged tunnel at the Niihau Arches dive site off Niihau, Hawaii.

Pennant Butterfyfish

I Looked up to observe Pennant Butterfyfish (Heniochus diphreutes) feeding on zooplankton with surf forming the background off the backwall of Molokini Crater near Maui Island, Hawaii.

Scuba divers swim through Pennant Butterfyfish

Scuba divers swim through Pennant Butterfyfish (Heniochus diphreutes) feeding on zooplankton off the backwall of Molokini Crater near Maui Island, Hawaii, USA.

Blacklip Butterflyfish

A group of Blacklip Butterflyfish (Chaetodon kleinii) cruising the Kona coast, Hawaii.

Four Racoon Butterfyfish swim by

Four Racoon Butterfyfish (Chaetodon lunula) swim by as a group.

Longnose Butterflyfish

Longnose Butterflyfish (Forcipiger longirostris) photographed underwater while scuba diving off of the Big Island, Hawaii.

Racoon Butterflyfish

Racoon Butterflyfish (Chaetodon lunala).