Butterflyfish tropical ocean sea underwater 26. In fact the water temperatures remain constant year round and cool only slightly during the winter months meaning its possible to dive approximately 300 days of the year. This is about 48 of the worlds total area of 510072 million km 2. The total world shoreline extends for 356000 km 221000 mi and the continental shelves occupy a total area of 24286 million km 2 9 376 million sq mi. The mailed butterflyfish chaetodon reticulatus is a species of butterflyfish found at depths of from 1 to 30 metres 33 to 98 ft on reefs in the central and western pacific ocean.
Coastal fish are found in the waters above the continental shelves that extend from the continental shorelines and around the coral reefs that surround volcanic islands. It grows to a length of 18 centimetres 71 in tl and can be found in the aquarium trade. It is also of minor importance to local commercial fisheries.