Mailed butterflyfish
| Mailed butterflyfish | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Chaetodontidae |
| Genus: | Chaetodon |
| Subgenus: | "Citharoedus" |
| Species: | C. reticulatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Chaetodon reticulatus G. Cuvier, 1831 | |
The mailed butterflyfish (Chaetodon reticulatus) is a species of butterflyfish found at depths of from 1 to 30 metres (3.3 to 98.4 ft) on reefs in the central and western Pacific Ocean. It grows to a length of 18 centimetres (7.1 in) TL and can be found in the aquarium trade. It is also of minor importance to local commercial fisheries.[1]
References
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Chaetodon reticulatus" in FishBase. February 2013 version.
External links
Media related to Chaetodon reticulatus at Wikimedia Commons- SeaDB article
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