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Pacific Spadefish

Chaetodipterus zonatus

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Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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24 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Mexico.January 1, February 0, March 0, April 3, May 2, June 6, July 1, August 3, September 1, October 3, November 3, December 2.
Mexico25
Sinaloa12
Nayarit5
Panama5
United States4
Arizona4
Provincia de Veraguas4
Baja California Sur3
Jalisco3
Ecuador3

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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