Oval Butterflyfish

Chaetodon lunulatus

Oval Butterflyfish — photo 1 of 4
Photo 1 of 4 · Bernard E Picton BernardP · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via Wikimedia Commons
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Habitat
Reef
Max size
14 cm
Depth
3-30 m
Family
Chaetodontidae

The oval butterflyfish, red-finned butterflyfish or redfin butterflyfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a butterflyfish belonging to family Chaetodontidae. It is found in the Pacific Ocean from Eastern Indonesia to the Hawaiian islands. This is one species of a closely related group which includes the blacktail butterflyfish, which is found in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, and the melon butterflyfish, which is found in the Indian Ocean.

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