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Banded Butterflyfish

Chaetodon striatus

Photo by joanbstanley
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Description:

Description: A small, disc-shaped fish with a pointed snout and prominent spines at the leading edge of the dorsal fin. The body is pale silver or white, with a thin black vertical bar running through the eye and two thicker vertical body bars . The fins at the rear of the body are black and edged in white. Sexes appear similar and juveniles resemble adults with a large black spot, ringed in white, at the back of the dorsal fin

Maximum Size: 16 cm (6 in)

Habitat:

Tom Owens Cay, Belize

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