Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Reefs

Eastern Triangular Butterflyfish
Chaetodon baronessa
Eastern Triangular Butterflyfish
Category: Butterflyfishes
Scientific Name: Chaetodon baronessa
Size: Up to 6 in. (15 cm)  
Depth: 3-40 ft. (1-12 m)
Distribution: Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Great Barrier Reef, New Caledonia, Fiji, Solomon Islands, Taiwan, Palau
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. baronessa (Species)
WoRMS ID: 273328🔗
iNaturalist ID: 97146🔗

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