Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Reefs

Black-Backed Butterflyfish
Chaetodon melannotus
Black-Backed Butterflyfish
Also known as: Blackback Butterflyfish
Category: Butterflyfishes
Scientific Name: Chaetodon melannotus
Size: 4 to 6 in. (10 to 15 cm)  
Depth: 6-80 ft. (2-25 m)
Distribution: Indo-West Pacific, Red Sea, Great Barrier Reef
Chordata (Phylum) Chordates
└Vertebrata (Subphylum) Vertebrates
 └Osteichthyes (Parvphylum) Bony Fishes
  └Actinopterygii (Gigaclass) Ray-Finned Fish
   └Teleostei (Class) Teleosts
    └Acanthuriformes (Order)
     └Chaetodontidae (Family) Butterflyfishes
      └Chaetodon (Genus)
       └C. melannotus (Species)
WoRMS ID: 218743🔗
iNaturalist ID: 97174🔗

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