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Blackback Butteflyfish

Chaetodon melannotus

Photo by AlbertKang
Published on Project Noah
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Description:

The Blackback Butterflyfish - Chaetodon melannotus has white body with many diagonal black lines; black on upper back; black saddle on base of tail.

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