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Teardrop Butterflyfish

Chaetodon unimaculatus

2,064 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 101, February 86, March 103, April 64, May 50, June 48, July 69, August 50, September 57, October 68, November 71, December 100.
United States867
Hawaii558
Australia29
Queensland23
Indonesia19
China10
Taiwan Province10
Bali6
New South Wales3
North Sulawesi3

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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