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The Bluespot Butterflyfish has thin dark stripes on the body and a patch of blue on the upper sides. There is a black spot on the caudal peduncle and a blue-edged black bar through the eye. Juveniles resemble adults but lack the blue patch on the sides of the body.

The blue-blotch or blue-spot butterflyfish is one of the smallest species in this family; it earns its name from the gray/blue marking on its side. Its small size might be a reason why it sometimes acts as a cleaner fish, like the small cleaner wrasses, which also often have blue lines along their sides.

The Bluespot Butterflyfish grows to 15cm in length. It eats mostly coral polyps.