Vincent B. Hargreaves, Ph.D.
If you want to keep other butterflyfishes with soft and stony corals, here is a list of species that will generally leave them alone:
Soft Coral Safe Butterflyfishes
Chaetodon auriga
Chaetodon baronessa
Chaetodon falcula
Chaetodon guttatissimus
Chaetodon humeralis
Chaetodon multicinctus
Chaetodon octofasciatus
Chaetodon plebeius
Chaetodon punctatofasciatus
Chaetodon rafflesi
Chaetodon xanthurus
Chelmon marginalis
Forcipiger flavissimus
Hemitaurichthys zoster
Prognathodes aya
Stony Coral Safe Butterflyfishes
Chaetodon citrinellus
Chaetodon guttatissimus
Chaetodon humeralis
Chaetodon kleinii
Chaetodon litus
Chaetodon mertensii
Chaetodon rafflesi
Chaetodon reticulatus
Chaetodon smithi
Chaetodon trichrous
Chaetodon tinkeri
Chaetodon wiebeli
Chaetodon xanthocephalus
Forcipiger longirostris
Hemitaurichthys polylepis
Hemitaurichthys zoster
Heniochus chrysostomus
Heniochus diphreutes
Prognathodes aculeatus
Prognathodes aya
Prognathodes brasiliensis
Gorgonian Safe Butterflyfishes
Chaetodon baronessa
Chaetodon bennetti
Chaetodon collare
Chaetodon ephippium
Chaetodon fremblii
Chaetodon kleinii
Chaetodon guttatissimus
Chaetodon miliaris
Chaetodon meyeri
Chaetodon nippon
Chaetodon octofasciatus
Chaetodon punctatofasciatus
Chaetodon vagabundis
Heniochus acuminatus
Heniochus chrysostomus
Heniochus varius
Hemitaurichthys zoster
Parachaetodon ocellatus
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