Care: 
Intermediate
Diet: 
Omnivorous
Light: 
Medium
Place of origin: 
Melanesia
AKA: 
Chaetodon polylepis
 
The Pyramid Butterfly - Yellow, Hemitaurichthys polylepis, as the name implies, has a white triangle / pyramid that occupies almost the entire body, contrasting only with the yellow of the fins and the darker head. Unlike many butterflies, the Pyramid is reef safe and has a peaceful temperament, feeding mainly on plankton in nature environment. In an aquarium she should have several places to hide and be fed with frozen food such as mysis, red plankton and algae such as Gamma Natural Seaweed.
 
The members of the family Chaetodontidae, popularly know as butterflyfishes, coralfishes and bannerfishes. Most species of butterflyfish live in the warm tropical seas of the Indo-Pacific (about 90%) with the remainder in the Atlantic. Only a few species are found in subtropical waters, bordering onto subtemperate zones. The butterflyfish have a highly compressed body in which the back is raised , forming an elongate-oval to near circular shape in some; a small protactible mouth with brush-like teeth in the jaws; a continuous dorsal fin with strong and sharp spines in the anterior section, followed by a large-surface soft part; an anal fin mirroring the soft part of the dorsal fin , headed by 3-5 strong spines, of which the 2nd is often greatly enlarged.