Six Spined Butterfly (Asia Pacific) Boxfish especially hard corals

especially hard corals

many of its scales become edged in yellow giving it a shimmering appearance

Snails such as the rapa rapa

Its dorsal fin sports several long filaments

It grows up to 13 inches and needs an aquarium of at least 150 gallons

Six Spined Butterfly (Asia Pacific) Boxfish especially hard coralsThe Six Spined, or Kite butterfly, sports brilliant vertical stripes of shimmering amber over its pure white body. Juveniles show five stripes, while adults lose the rear stripe and display only four. When young the eyespot at the base of its tail is especially dark, while in adults this is overshadowed by the eyespot on its dorsal fin; on mature fish the tip of this fin is also pointed. It grows up to 7 inches and needs an aquarium of at least 100