Six Spined Butterfly (Asia Pacific) Boxfish Snails such as the rapa

Snails such as the rapa rapa

Given good water flow the sheet will be shed into the water and the polyps will re-emerge

many of its scales become edged in yellow giving it a shimmering appearance

A spectacular contrast is made between the spines and the alternating milky white and earthy brown to rust red bands running over the fish's body

so they need lots of space to swim

Six Spined Butterfly (Asia Pacific) Boxfish Snails such as the rapaThe Six Spined, or Kite butterfly, sports brilliant vertical stripes of shimmering amber over its pure white body. Juveniles show five stripes, while adults lose the rear stripe and display only four. When young the eyespot at the base of its tail is especially dark, while in adults this is overshadowed by the eyespot on its dorsal fin; on mature fish the tip of this fin is also pointed. It grows up to 7 inches and needs an aquarium of at least 100