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scrawled butterflyfish (Chaetodon meyeri)
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Chaetodontidae

scrawled butterflyfish

Chaetodon meyeri

Fish Reaching Twenty Centimeters in Indo Pacific

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

scrawled butterflyfish is a marine fish from Indo-Pacific. It inhabits marine waters. The species reaches a recorded maximum of 20 cm.

Maximum length
20 cm
Water
Marine
Body shape
deep_bodied
Distribution
Indo-Pacific: East Africa to the Line Islands; north to the Ryukyu Islands; south to the Great Barrier Reef; including Micronesia and the Galapagos Islands (Ref. 5227 ).
Conservation status
LCLeast Concern

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