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Pacific Doublesaddle Butterflyfish

Chaetodon ulietensis

Bislamabataflaefis— names this kind of animal, not this species alone

Pacific Doublesaddle Butterflyfish — photo 1 of 4
Photo 1 of 4 · Leonard Low from Australia · CC BY 2.0 · via Wikimedia Commons
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Habitat
Reef
Max size
15 cm
Depth
0-40 m
Family
Chaetodontidae

Chaetodon ulietensis, the Pacific double-saddle butterflyfish or false falcula butterflyfish, is a species of butterflyfish. It flourishes in coral-rich environments in the central Indo-Pacific region. Their range extends from the Cocos-Keeling Islands to the Tuamotu Islands, and north to Japan. They are usually found from the surface to 20 m depths, and like shallow channels with high current.

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Easily confused with

Side by side, with what tells them apart.

Pacific Doublesaddle Butterflyfish
This onePacific Doublesaddle Butterflyfish
Lined Butterflyfish
Look-alikeLined Butterflyfish

Both are white with thin vertical black lines and yellow at the rear. Pacific Doublesaddle Butterflyfish has two separate, soft-edged dark saddles on the back and a black spot on the tail base, and stays small (15 cm). Lined Butterflyfish has one continuous black band running along the back to the tail base, and reaches 30 cm.

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