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Atlantic Spadefish

Chaetodipterus faber

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Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 253, February 242, March 275, April 522, May 320, June 155, July 140, August 144, September 171, October 182, November 237, December 230.
United States8,028
Texas2,871
Alabama876
Louisiana575
Virginia371
North Carolina332
Mississippi267
South Carolina91
Georgia82
Maryland82

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • AquaticLives primarily in waterFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassRay-finned Fishes · Actinopterygii
OrderButterflyfishes, Angelfishes, and Allies · Acanthuriformes
FamilySpadefishes · Ephippidae
GenusChaetodipterus

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Sources

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Practise Atlantic Spadefish with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.

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