Marquesas butterflyfish

Chaetodon declivis

Chaetodontid Fish from the Pacific Ocean

Marquesas butterflyfish is a marine fish from Central Pacific Ocean. It inhabits marine waters. Records give a maximum length of 12 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Surgeonfishes and Allies
Family: Chaetodontidae
Genus: Chaetodon
Maximum length: 12 cm
Water: Marine
Distribution: Central Pacific Ocean: Marquesas Is, Kirimati I. in Line Is. (Ref. 121910 ). Two subspecies: Chaetodon declivis declivis in Marquesas Is.; Chaetodon declivis wilderi. in Line Is. Kirimati I. is also called Christmas I., which is not the one in eastern Indian Ocean.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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