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Threadfin Butterflyfish

Chaetodon auriga

7,855 observations in the source records

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What the records say

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Hawaii.January 235, February 199, March 240, April 148, May 116, June 112, July 161, August 116, September 133, October 157, November 165, December 231.
United States2,012
Hawaii1,579
Australia319
New South Wales187
Egypt115
Red Sea Governorate79
Queensland72
South Sinai Governorate36
China33
Western Australia32

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
FamilyButterflyfishes · Chaetodontidae
GenusChaetodon

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