Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Reefs

Spot-Nape Butterflyfish
Chaetodon oxycephalus
Spot-Nape Butterflyfish
Category: Butterflyfishes
Scientific Name: Chaetodon oxycephalus
Size: Up to 10 in. (25 cm)  
Depth: 30-130 ft. (10-40 m)
Distribution: Indo-Pacific
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. oxycephalus (Species)
WoRMS ID: 218725🔗
iNaturalist ID: 97186🔗

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