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Chevron Butterflyfish

Chaetodon trifascialis

2,999 observations in the source records

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What the records say

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Hawaii.January 66, February 56, March 67, April 41, May 32, June 31, July 45, August 32, September 37, October 44, November 46, December 65.
United States563
Hawaii563
Egypt93
Australia82
Indonesia77
Red Sea Governorate64
Queensland38
South Sinai Governorate28
Western Australia24
West Papua18

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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