Pearlscale butterflyfish
Chaetodon xanthurus
Timid and never still, probing the rock and nipping polyps all day.
3D model coming soon
Stats
- Size
- 12 cm
- Smallest tank
- 120 cm
- Temperature
- 23–27 °C
- Temperament
- Peaceful
- Diet
- Omnivore
- Activity
- Moderate
- Water layer
- Mid water
- Care
- Demanding
- Group
- Lives on its own
- Coral
- Nips corals
These numbers are LumaReef simulation data, not a real aquarium care guide.
Which tank it fits
- Nano60 cm · 65 litresToo small
- Standard90 cm · 180 litresToo small
- Wide120 cm · 300 litres16 of them
- Living room180 cm · 650 litres36 of them
- Showcase250 cm · 1,200 litres66 of them
Who it lives with
Gets along
- Flame angelfish
- Lyretail anthias
- Clownfish
- Yellow watchman goby
- Fire goby
- Green chromis
- Sixline wrasse
- Royal gramma
- Yellow tang
- Blue tang
- Tomato clownfish
- Lemonpeel angelfish
- Bicolor angelfish
- Melanurus wrasse
- Scott's fairy wrasse
- Exquisite fairy wrasse
- Lawnmower blenny
- Midas blenny
- Starry blenny
- Longnose hawkfish
- Aiptasia-eating filefish
- Clarkii clownfish
- Yellow coris wrasse
- Leopard wrasse
- and 65 more species
Not together
- Domino damselfishAggressive with peaceful
- Maroon clownfishAggressive with peaceful
- Blue damselfishAggressive with peaceful
- Purple tangAggressive with peaceful
- Powder blue tangAggressive with peaceful
- Lunare wrasseAggressive with peaceful
- Picasso triggerfishAggressive with peaceful
- Emperor angelfishAggressive with peaceful
- Queen angelfishAggressive with peaceful