French Butterflyfish

Body is silvery white with a black bar running anteriorly from the base of the dorsal spine to the lower jaw passing through the eye and second black bar running vertically from the ninth dorsal spine to the base of the anal fin rays.

Form pairs during breeding (Ref. 205).

Dorsal spines (total): 13; Dorsal soft rays (total): 19 - 20; Analspines: 3; Analsoft rays: 15 - 16

A littoral species. Most specimens were collected on soft bottoms (Ref. 6943). Minimum depth range reported taken from Ref. 27000. Oviparous (Ref. 205). Form pairs during breeding (Ref. 205).