Appearance
"Chaetodon auriga" is up to 23 centimetres long. Its body is white with `chevron' markings on the side. Tear edge of the dorsal fin has a prominent black spot, and a prominent black vertical band runs through the eye. The rear of soft-dorsal fin has a trailing filament, and it has a belly patch of descending oblique dark lines as well as bright yellow fins. Two subspecies are sometimes recognised: "Chaetodon auriga auriga" occurs in the Red Sea population and lacks the dorsal eyespot; "Chaetodon auriga setifer" is the spotted population occurring outside the Red Sea.
Distribution
"Chaetodon auriga" is found in the Indo-Pacific region, from the Red Sea and eastern Africa to the Hawaiian, Marquesas and Ducie islands, north to southern Japan, south to Lord Howe Island and Rapa Iti, at depths of 1–35 metres.References:
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