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Banded Butterflyfish

Chaetodon striatus

Photo by Max Gallagher
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Disk shaped, two large black banded fish with yellow highlights

Notes:

"DISTINCTIVE FEATURES: Two wide, black midbody bands.
DESCRIPTION:
Silver to white. black bar on head runs across eye; blackish border on rear of body, base of rear dorsal and anal fins." reef.org

Reference Links:

Species Gallery - Caribbean | Reef Environmental Education Foundation (REEF)

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PublishedOctober 29, 2014

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