Scrawled butterflyfish Chaetodon meyeri

It is found in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean from East Africa to the Line Islands; north to the Ryukyu Islands; south to the Great Barrier Reef; including Micronesia and the Galapagos Islands. It is a close relative of the Mailed Butterflyfish C. reticulatus and the Ornate Butterflyfish C. ornatissimus. Together they make up the subgenus called `Citharoedus`, but as this name had already been used for a mollusc genus when it was given to the fish, it is not valid. They are probably quite close to the subgenus Corallochaetodon which contains for example the Melon Butterflyfish C. trifasciatus. Like these, they might be separated in Megaprotodon if the genus Chaetodon is split up.

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