Prognathodes marcellae

Prognathodes marcellae, commonly known as the Marcella butterflyfish, is one of the smallest butterflyfishes. Their body colour is pale to bright yellow. They've two broad black bands. One from the front of the dorsal fin through the eye and one vertical band from dorsal to anal fin just in front of the caudal fin base.

These fish are peaceful, sometimes even shy, to most other fish, but might haress similar looking fish. They live solitary or in pairs in tidal-zones on soft bottoms. They're omnivores feeding mainly on small invertebrates, tube feet of sea urchins adn tubeworm tentacles. They're one of the most reef safe butterflyfish but besides the tubeworms and sea urchins, they can also nip on corals from time to time. Usually they should pose no real problems in a healthy growing reef tank. Make sure to offer them a varied diet of meaty and algae based foods and these fish will thrive in your tank!