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Pearlscale butterflyfish (Chaetodon xanthurus)
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Ecological Illustration of Pearlscale butterflyfish (Chaetodon xanthurus)
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Chaetodontidae

Pearlscale butterflyfish

Chaetodon xanthurus

Chaetodontid Fish beneath Philippine Waters

  • Tropical
  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Southeast Asia
  • Deep-bodied
  • Compressed cross-section
  • Small
  • Tropical fish

Pearlscale butterflyfish is known from Western Pacific 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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