Ornate Butterflyfish (Chaetodon ornatissimus) ハナグロチョウチョウウオ – Kikakapu – size 18cm
Ornate Butterflyfish are almost always in pairs. They graze on coral tissue. Amami 2023
A pair of Ornate Butterflyfish. Amami 2024
A pair of Ornate Butterflyfish swimming by bleached out coral. There was a lot of coral bleaching in 2024. Some of the coral recovered most did not. Table coral seemed to get hit very hard. Porites did better. Amami 2024