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Yellowback Butterfly (Chaetodon Mertensii)
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Description: The Yellowback Butterflyfish, also known as the Mertensii Butterflyfish, Orangetail Butterflyfish, or Crowned Pearlyscale Butterflyfish, is a blue silver coloration with black margins on its body scales. This gives a criss-cross pattern and pearly sheen. Most of its posterior is orange and it has a silver-edged black stripe through the eye.

Care Level: Moderate

Minimum Tank Size: 50 gallons

Max Size: 6 inches

Diet: Carnivore

Temperment: Peaceful

Reef Compatible: With caution- may nibble hard coral polyps

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