Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Reefs

Gray Butterflyfish
Hemitaurichthys thompsoni
Gray Butterflyfish
Also known as: Thompson's Butterflyfish
Category: Butterflyfishes
Scientific Name: Hemitaurichthys thompsoni
Size: Up to 7 in. (18 cm)  
Depth: 30-500 ft. (10-152 m)
Distribution: Central Pacific, French Polynesia, Hawaii, Fiji
Chordata (Phylum) Chordates
└Vertebrata (Subphylum) Vertebrates
 └Osteichthyes (Parvphylum) Bony Fishes
  └Actinopterygii (Gigaclass) Ray-Finned Fish
   └Teleostei (Class) Teleosts
    └Acanthuriformes (Order)
     └Chaetodontidae (Family) Butterflyfishes
      └Hemitaurichthys (Genus)
       └H. thompsoni (Species)
WoRMS ID: 277576🔗
iNaturalist ID: 102619🔗

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