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Saddle butterflyfish (Chaetodon ephippium)
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Saddle butterflyfish (Chaetodon ephippium) specimen
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Chaetodontidae

Saddle butterflyfish

Chaetodon ephippium

Thirty Centimeters Chaetodontid Fish

  • Tropical
  • Transcontinental
  • Marine fish
  • Indian Ocean
  • Pacific Ocean
  • East Asia
  • Oceania
  • South Asia
  • Deep-bodied
  • Compressed cross-section
  • Medium
  • Tropical fish

Saddle butterflyfish is known around Indo-Pacific as a marine fish; It occurs in marine waters, and records give a maximum length of 30 cm.

Maximum length
30 cm
Water
Marine
Body shape
deep_bodied
Distribution
Indo-Pacific: Sri Lanka (Ref. 10361 ) and Cocos-Keeling Islands to the Hawaiian, Marquesan and Tuamoto islands, north to southern Japan, south to Rowley Shoals and New South Wales, Australia.
Conservation status
LCLeast Concern

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