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Chaetodontidae
Pyramid butterflyfish
Hemitaurichthys polylepis
Chaetodontid Fish of Japanese Waters
- Tropical
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Indian Ocean
- Pacific Ocean
- East Asia
- Oceania
- Southeast Asia
- Deep-bodied
- Compressed cross-section
- Medium
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Deep-bodied
MediumPyramid butterflyfish is a marine fish from Pacific Ocean. It inhabits marine waters. The species reaches a recorded maximum of 18 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Chaetodontidae
- Genus
- Hemitaurichthys
- Maximum length
- 18 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- deep_bodied
- Distribution
- Pacific Ocean: Christmas Island in the eastern Indian Ocean to Indonesia and the Hawaiian, Line, and Pitcairn islands, north to southern Japan, south to Rowley Shoals and New Caledonia. Replaced by Hemitaurichthys zoster in the Indian Ocean (Ref. 37816 ).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
