Scientific Name
Chaetodon ocellicaudus
Common Name
Spot-tail butterflyfish
Biology
Dorsal
spines
(total): 12;
Dorsal
soft rays
(total): 19-20;
Anal
spines: 3;
Anal
soft rays: 17 - 18. Nearly identical to C. melanotus, differing only in the shape of the black mark on the caudal peduncle, in lacking a black mark on the chest, and in having 14 rather than 15 modal pectoral fin rays.