Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Reefs

Lined Butterflyfish
Chaetodon lineolatus
Lined Butterflyfish
Category: Butterflyfishes
Scientific Name: Chaetodon lineolatus
Size: Up to 12 in. (30 cm)  
Depth: 10-200 ft. (3-60 m)
Distribution: Indo-Pacific, Red Sea, Australia, Fiji, Hawaii, 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. lineolatus (Species)
WoRMS ID: 218734🔗
iNaturalist ID: 97170🔗

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