Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Reefs

Black Butterflyfish
Chaetodon flavirostris
Black Butterflyfish
Category: Butterflyfishes
Scientific Name: Chaetodon flavirostris
Size: Up to 8 in. (20 cm)  
Depth: 6-60 ft. (2-18 m)
Distribution: Great Barrier Reef, Fiji, Tonga, French Polynesia
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. flavirostris (Species)
WoRMS ID: 273337🔗
iNaturalist ID: 97160🔗

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