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Somali butterflyfish (Chaetodon leucopleura)
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Ecological Illustration of Somali butterflyfish (Chaetodon leucopleura)
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Chaetodontidae

Somali butterflyfish

Chaetodon leucopleura

Fish Reaching Eighteen Centimeters in African Waters

  • White
  • Tropical
  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Indian Ocean
  • Africa
  • Deep-bodied
  • Compressed cross-section
  • Medium
  • Tropical fish

Somali butterflyfish is known from Western Indian Ocean as a marine fish. It occurs in marine waters.

Class
Teleosts
Order
Surgeonfishes and Allies
Family
Chaetodontidae
Genus
Chaetodon
Water type
Marine
Body shape
deep_bodied
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