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punctatofasciatus
Updated 3/27/2018
Family Chaetodontidae
TROPICAL PACIFIC
Chaetodon punctatofasciatus
SPOTBAND BUTTERFLYFISH
Shichisen-chochouo
Common as pair on coral reefs to 150 feet. Feeds upon coral polyps, invertebrates, and algae.
Attains 5 inches. Indonesia to Okinawa and the Line Islands.
Chaetodon pelewensis has diagonal rows of dark
spots. Replaced by Chaetodon
guttatissimus in the Indian Ocean. |
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