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Spotband butterflyfish (Chaetodon punctatofasciatus)
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Spotband butterflyfish (Chaetodon punctatofasciatus) specimen
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Chaetodontidae

Spotband butterflyfish

Chaetodon punctatofasciatus

Chaetodontid Fish of the Eastern Indian Ocean

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

Spotband butterflyfish is a marine fish from Indo-Pacific. It inhabits marine waters. Records give a maximum length of 12 cm.

Maximum length
12 cm
Water
Marine
Body shape
deep_bodied
Distribution
Indo-Pacific: Christmas Island in the eastern Indian Ocean to the Line Islands, north to the Ryukyu Islands, south to Rowley Shoals and the northern Great Barrier Reef; throughout Micronesia. Replaced by Chaetodon guttatissimus in the Indian Ocean (Ref. 37816 ).
Conservation status
LCLeast Concern

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