Auriga Butterflyfish

Chaetodon auriga

COMMON NAME:		Auriga Butterflyfish
SCIENTIFIC NAME:		Chaetodon auriga
SIZE AVAILABLE:		~2 inches
MINIMUM TANK SIZE:		50 gallons
FOOD/DIET:		Omnivore
CARE LEVEL:		Moderately easy
REEF SAFE:		No. Will nip at rocks and corals
AVAILABILITY:		Most always available - 99%

• Also known as Threadfin Butterflyfish.

• Not suitable for a reef tank.

• This fish will eat a wide variety of soft and stony corals and desirable invertebrates.

• The fish does very well in live rock aquascaped aquariums and, although it is a species that can be used for cleaning up Aiptasia anemones, it will also eat other forms of wanted live rock invertebrates, such as fanworms or tubeworms.