Lined Butterfly
Chaetodon lineolatus
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| Care Level | Expert |
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| Temperament | Semi-Aggressive |
| Reef Safe | No |
| Functional Benefit | Ornamental Only |
| Diet Type | Carnivore |
| Mininum Tank Size | 120 gallons |
| Max Size | 12 inches |
| Temperature | 72–78°F |
| pH Range | 8.1–8.4 |
| Specific Gravity | 1.022–1.025 |
The Lined Butterflyfish (Chaetodon lineolatus) is a large butterflyfish with a dark eye band, fine vertical lines across a pale body, and yellow accents on the dorsal, anal, and tail fins. It is often kept in fish-only displays where its steady, cruising swim style can be seen all day.
What You’ll Observe:
- Cruises open water, then stops to inspect rock and décor with its long snout
- Commonly settles into a “patrol route” and repeats it throughout the day
- After acclimation, comes forward quickly at feeding time
- May show extra interest in other butterflyfish-shaped tankmates
Provide a mature aquarium with open swimming lanes and large rockwork arches for pass-through shelter. Offer a varied menu of small meaty foods (mysis, chopped shrimp, clam) in multiple feedings, and keep it as the main butterflyfish in the system for the most consistent behavior.
Do smaller specimens adapt to aquarium foods faster?
Keepers often report juveniles switch over more readily.
What first foods usually trigger a feeding response?
Clam on the half shell and mysis are common starters.
Will it ignore corals if it is well fed?
Most reports still describe regular polyp picking.
Can two Lined Butterflyfish be kept together?
Only in very large tanks with a bonded pair.
Why does it peck at rockwork and equipment?
That foraging behavior is normal, searching for small bites.
Each fish is checked for strong appetite and activity before we approve it for your tank.
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