Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Reefs

Blue-Spot Butterflyfish
Chaetodon plebeius
Blue-Spot Butterflyfish
Also known as: Bluespot Butterflyfish
Category: Butterflyfishes
Scientific Name: Chaetodon plebeius
Size: Up to 6 in. (15 cm)  
Depth: 6-30 ft. (2-10 m)
Distribution: West Pacific, Indonesia, 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. plebeius (Species)
WoRMS ID: 273354🔗
iNaturalist ID: 97190🔗

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