Pacific Double-Saddle Butterflyfish Video Stock Footage

It belongs to the large subgenus Rabdophorus which might warrant recognition as a distinct genus. In this group, the closest relative of this peculiar species is the similar-looking Black-wedged Butterflyfish, C. falcula. Other fairly close relatives are the quite differently-shaped but similarly-colored Lined (C. lineolatus) and Spot-naped butterflyfishes (C. oxycephalus), while the Blue-cheeked Butterflyfish (C. semilarvatus) seems to be a far more basal lineage relative to all of these. The vertical lines are present in all of these, while a white body with yellow behind and black on back and caudal peduncle are only shared among the four less ancient species. Learn more about Pacific Double-Saddle Butterflyfish