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Highfin Coralfish

Coradion altivelis

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

Highfin Coralfish — photo 1 of 3
Photo 1 of 3 · portioid (CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via Wikimedia Commons
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Habitat
Reef
Max size
18 cm
Depth
3-30 m
Family
Chaetodontidae

Coradion altivelis, the highfin coralfish or highfin butterflyfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a butterflyfish from the family Chaetodontidae. It is found in the Indo-West Pacific region from the Andaman Sea and Sumatra east to Papua New Guinea, north to southern Japan, south to northwest Australia and the Great Barrier Reef.

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