Chaetodontidae

brown-and-white butterflyfish

Hemitaurichthys zoster

Fish Reaching Eighteen Centimeters in Indonesian Waters

• Brown
• White
• Tropical
• Regional distribution
• Marine fish
• Indian Ocean
• Africa
• Southeast Asia
• West Asia
• Deep-bodied
• Compressed cross-section
• Medium
• Tropical fish

Hemitaurichthys zoster, commonly known as the brown-and-white butterflyfish, black pyramid butterflyfish, zoster butterflyfish or brushtooth butterflyfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish in the butterflyfish family Chaetodontidae. It is native to the Indian Ocean.