Pearlscale Butterfly - Pacific Favites

Pearlscale Butterfly - Pacific FavitesChaetodon mertensii Care: Intermediate Diet: Omnivorous Light: Medium Place of origin: Western Pacific Temperature: Tropical: 22 28 deg C (72 82 deg F) Water Parameters: SG: 1. 020 1. 025, pH: 8. 1 8. 4 Pearlscale Butterfly Pacific West Pacific, north to southern Japan, ranging in the west to Sunda Strait and may overlap in Sumatra with Chaetodon madagaskarensis, while in the east it is replaced by C. mertensii on the east coast of Papua New Guinea.

only one specimen suspected to have been released by a local ornamental fish importer is known from Hawaii and there are some geographical variations

calm lagoon reefs in the Indo-West Pacific

though most aquarium specimens are usually closer to 7–9 cm

it grazes algae from reef flats and coral-rich reef areas

supplier naming and season

commonly known as the Blueface Angelfish or Yellowface Angelfish

especially once visible algae levels are reduced

Koran Angel - Widespread Indo-west Pacific

but whether the aquarium is peaceful enough and rich enough in small foods to support it

Indian Ocean

Scientific Name (Latin):Centropyge bispinosa

If mixing with other fairy wrasses