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Dotted Butterflyfish
Chaetodon semeion
The Dotted Butterflyfish (Chaetodon semeion) is a species of butterflyfish (family Chaetodontidae). It is found in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean from the Maldives to the Tuamotu Islands, north to the Ryukyu Islands and south to the Great Barrier Reef.
From the article Dotted butterflyfish on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
The dotted butterflyfish is a bright golden yellow colour with a vertical, teardrop shaped bar running through the eye. It has a blue forehead and there are slightly oblique rows of black spots along their flanks. The dorsal, anal, pectoral and pelvic fins are yellow, with the bases of the dorsal and anal fins coloured black, and a filament growing out of the soft rayed part of the dorsal fin. Females have a notably thickened abdominal region. This species has 13–14 spines and 23–26 soft rays in its dorsal fin, while the anal fin has 3 spines and 19–22 soft rays. They attain a maximum total length of 26 centimetres (10 in).
Range & habitat
The dotted butterflyfish is found in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean from the Maldives to the Tuamotu Islands, north to the Ryukyu Islands and south to the Great Barrier Reef.
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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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 97198.