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Diagonal butterflyfish

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Red Sea raccoon butterflyfish
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Perciformes
Family:
Chaetodontidae
Genus:
Chaetodon
Species:
C. fasciatus
Binomial name
Chaetodon fasciatus
Forsskål, 1775

Description

Maximum length 22cm. They have a yellow body with 11 diagonal stripes.


Habitat

Over and around corals, on which they feed.[1]

Distribution

Red Sea only.[2]

References

  1. ^ Siliotti, A. (2002) fishes of the red sea Verona, Geodia ISBN 88-87177-42-2
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Chaetodon fasciatus". FishBase. May 2007 version.
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