Marine life identification guide > Butterflyfish & bannerfish > Scrawled butterflyfish
Scrawled butterflyfish

Chaetodon meyeri

Scrawled butterflyfish

Distribution: from East Africa to South Japan, Marshall Islands, Kiribati and the Great Barrier Reef.

Sometimes confused with Chaetodon ornatissimus.

Spots where Chaetodon meyeri has been spotted by snorkelers

Chaetodon meyeri snorkeling pictures

at Filitheyo (Maldives)
© hoppingmouse

at Vilamendhoo (Maldives)
© lesli

at Cap Lahoussaye (Réunion Island)
© paradis974

at Embudu (Maldives)
© manceau

at Wakatobi Resort (Indonesia)
© nst56

at Lagon de Trou d’Eau (Réunion Island)

at Biyadhoo (Maldives)
© chris-burton

at Vilamendhoo (Maldives)
© dominique

at Lagon de Saint-Pierre (Réunion Island)

at Blue Bay (Mauritius)
© andrew

at Baie Lazare (Seychelles)

Wanting to share some of your pics on this page? Upload your pictures on the spot page where the species has been photographed first (see here the list of all inventoried snorkeling spots). If your pics have been taken at another spot, you can add it to our map (see more here).

Marine life guide homepage