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Spot-tail Butterflyfish

Chaetodon ocellicaudus

Identified using iNaturalist WoRMS.

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Identified using iNaturalist WoRMS.

Chaetodon ocellicaudus - The butterflyfish are a group of conspicuous tropical marine fish of the family Chaetodontidae; the bannerfish and coralfish are also included in this group. The approximately 129 species in 12 genera are found mostly on the reefs of the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans. A number of species pairs occur in the Indian and Pacific Oceans, members of the huge genus Chaetodon.

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