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Black-Backed Butterflyfish
Location: Yap, Micronesia
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Black-Backed Butterflyfish
Scientific Name:
Chaetodon melannotus
Also known as:
Blackback Butterflyfish
Category:
Butterflyfishes
Size:
4 to 6 in. (10 to 15 cm)
Depth:
6-80 ft. (2-25 m)
Distribution:
Indo-West Pacific, Red Sea, Great Barrier Reef
Fish
Disk & Large Oval
Butterflyfishes
Black-Backed Butterflyfish
Eclipse Butterflyfish
Teardrop Butterflyfish
Spot-Nape Butterflyfish
Latticed Butterflyfish
Eight-Banded Butterflyfish
Blacklip Butterflyfish
Reticulated Butterflyfish
Threadfin Butterflyfish
Bluestripe Butterflyfish
Banded Butterflyfish
Foureye Butterflyfish
Spotfin Butterflyfish
Reef Butterflyfish
Longsnout Butterflyfish
Vagabond Butterflyfish
Chevroned Butterflyfish
Saddled Butterflyfish
Ornate Butterflyfish
Redfin Butterflyfish
Humphead Bannerfish
Pennant Bannerfish
Schooling Bannerfish
Longnose Butterflyfish
Big Longnose Butterflyfish
Fourspot Butterflyfish
Pyramid Butterflyfish
Speckled Butterflyfish
Spot-Banded Butterflyfish
Multiband Butterflyfish
Milletseed Butterflyfish
Raccoon Butterflyfish
Zanclidae
Surgeonfishes
Rabbitfishes
Angelfishes
External Reference:
fishbase.org
itis.gov
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© 2004-2012 Florent Charpin