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Dot-and-dash Butterflyfish
Chaetodon pelewensis
Chaetodon pelewensis also known as the dot dash butterflyfish, Spotbanded Butterflyfish, Punctato Butterflyfish, or Spot-band Butterflyfish is a fish species native to Indonesia and has a yellow-tan body. When it matures it becomes yellow dorsally with about seven vertical dark stripes on the upper half of the body, with rows of dark spots below. They can grow anywhere from 5-12 inches.
Where it lives
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 97188.