Wrought Iron Butterfly Fish

The wrought iron butterfly fish is a butterfly fish in the Chaetodontidae family of marine ray-finned fish. It is found in the western Pacific near central and southern Japan. It's mostly metallic black with yellow margins on the dorsal, anal, and caudal fins. The body has some markings that look like a crosshatch pattern. The scales have a lattice or netted pattern with pale yellow centers and broad black margins. The largely black coloring is unusual for a butterfly fish species that is normally much more colorful. The maximum total length of this species is 15 centimeters (5.9 in).

The wrought iron butterfly fish will set you back around $4,000. At depths of about 30 feet, these fish prefer to stay close to the surface. They are very sociable fish that get along with most other species. They prefer to congregate in reefs with much other fish. They are mostly found around Japan in the Pacific Ocean.

Butterfly fish do not thrive in tanks with more than fish and live rocks. Because they like to hide, they will end up competing with almost anything else that is also hiding.

Price: $4,000