Black Back Butterflyfish

The Black Back Butterflyfish has a white body with a series of black diagonal stripes on the sides. The fins are yellow and it has a yellow face with a black eye band. The Black Back Butterflyfish should be the only butterflyfish, unless it has a mate, in an aquarium that has numerous hiding places and plenty of room to swim. This species of Butterflyfish is not considered reef safe. The Black Back Butterflyfish eats a variety of meaty preparations that should incorporate a vitamin or colour enhancing food to keep its colours crisp. It eats soft corals in the wild.