Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Reefs

Dot-Dash Butterflyfish
Chaetodon pelewensis
Dot-Dash Butterflyfish
Category: Butterflyfishes
Scientific Name: Chaetodon pelewensis
Size: Up to 5 in. (13 cm)  
Depth: 10-100 ft. (3-30 m)
Distribution: Indonesia, Fiji, Great Barrier Reef, 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. pelewensis (Species)
WoRMS ID: 273353🔗
iNaturalist ID: 97188🔗

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