Location: Palau
Florent's Guide To The Hawaiian, South Pacific and
Indo-Pacific Reefs
Dotted butterflyfish
Chaetodon semeion
Dotted butterflyfish
Category: Butterflyfishes
Scientific Name: Chaetodon semeion
Size: Up to 9 in. (22 cm)
Depth: 6-150 ft. (2-45 m)
Distribution: Indo-Pacific, French Polynesia
Chordata (Phylum)
└Vertebrata (Subphylum)
└Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
└Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
└Teleostei (Class)
└Acanthuriformes (Order)
└Chaetodontidae (Family)
└Chaetodon (Genus)
└C. semeion (Species)
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