Need identifying reef fish

[codewon]

I saw this fish in the main reef tank of the Toledo Zoo Aquarium. I watched the whole fish slideshow thing and it never came up. Anybody know what this is!?

(Not to be confused with the Zebra Shark behind it)

 

[Dave1993]

@i cant think will know

looks like some sort of butterfly fish to me tho could be wrong

 

[ISpeakForTheSeas]

Looks like it may be a Declivis/Marquesan Butterflyfish, Chaetodon declivis.

 

[codewon]

@i cant think will know

looks like some sort of butterfly fish to me tho could be wrong

Thanks, Google Images said Hawaiian Butterfly fish but they looked completely different.

 

[i cant think]

I saw this fish in the main reef tank of the Toledo Zoo Aquarium. I watched the whole fish slideshow thing and it never came up. Anybody know what this is!?

(Not to be confused with the Zebra Shark behind it)

It’s a beautiful ‘Marquesas Butterflyfish’ which is known as Chaetodon declivis.

 

[codewon]

Looks like it may be a Declivis/Marquesan Butterflyfish, Chaetodon declivis.

Seems like it, thanks!

 

[Dave1993]

wonder how much a year it costs to feed that shark lol

 

[i cant think]

Thanks, Google Images said Hawaiian Butterfly fish but they looked completely different.

Hawaiian Butterflyfish - Chaetodon tinkeri - are very similar and I believe an incredibly close relative to these guys and I believe they cross in the wild and can hybridise.

 

[nereefpat]

Looks like Chaetodon tinkeri with a bit more yellow than usual.

 

[Seansea]

Been to that aqurlarium. Good setup

 

[Rugops]

This is a Tinkeri Butterfly

This is a Declivus Butterfly

 

[i cant think]

This is a Tinkeri Butterfly

This is a Declivus Butterfly

Honestly, that’s a very black Declivus. Usually they come in more yellow and juvenile and the black develops as they mature but even then it usually comes in as a edging between the white and yellow and not quite so far into the dorsal.

 

[Rugops]

Honestly, that’s a very black Declivus. Usually they come in more yellow and juvenile and the black develops as they mature but even then it usually comes in as a edging between the white and yellow and not quite so far into the dorsal.

For real. They are practically the same if not for the gold on the dorsal fins.

 

[i cant think]

In captivity when brought into LFSs they’re generally more like this. It’s once they mature that you’ll find they gain more black but generally adults have more dirty yellow than they do that black.

Here’s a slightly more mature specimen. As you can see that black is more evident but it’s nowhere near as much as say a Tinkeri.

I wish they were more common, most of the Roaps subgenus of Butterflyfish are on my wish list and honestly they’re generally easier than some of the common butterflies like Copperbands and Longnoses.