Scrawled butterflyfish
Chaetodon meyeri
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Scrawled butterflyfish
- Scientific
- Chaetodon meyeri
- Dhivehi
- އޮއިރޮނގު ބިބީOirongu bibee
- Group
- Reef fish
- Maximum size
- Up to about 20 cm (total length)
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 2 to 25 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2009
Description
A bluish-white to yellowish butterflyfish covered in bold, curving black lines like a scrawl, with a black eye bar and yellow fin edges. Adults live in pairs in coral-rich areas of clear lagoon and outer reefs and feed only on coral polyps. Juveniles hide among branching corals.
In the Maldives
Dhivehi Wikipedia (MRS-derived) gives oirongu bibee.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Chaetodon-meyeri.html
- fishbase.se /comnames/CommonNamesList.php?ID=5568&GenusName=Chaetodon&SpeciesName=
- dv.wikipedia.org /wiki/އޮއިރޮނގު_ބިބީ
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Pez_mariposa_de_Meyer_(Chaetodon_meyeri),_Nosy_Kalakajoro,_
Dhivehi name source: FishBase (country: Maldives) gives only the general group name 'Dhon bibi'. Thaana from the Dhivehi Wikipedia article 'އޮއިރޮނގު ބިބީ' (derived from the MRS 1997 Dhivehi edition). No published Latin-script form found; 'Oirongu bibee' is Pax's transliteration of the Thaana (Malé Latin conventions). FLAG: Latin form is a transliteration, not a published spelling.