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Chevron Butterflyfish

Chaetodon trifascialis

Also known as: Acropora Butterfly, Acropora Butterflyfish, Chevroned Butterflyfish, Coralfish, Oval Butterflyfish, Redfin Butterflyfish, Right-angle Butterflyfish, Right-angled Butterflyfish, Triangulate Butterflyfish, V-Line Butterflyfish, V-Lined Butterflyfish

NTNear ThreatenedIUCN Red List, 2010
LIFE STAGE
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Juvenile
@designedforx · KE, Kenya · November 20151 / 2

Showing details for the juvenile stage. Switch stages to see how it differs.

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Overview

Juveniles secretive in the arms of branching corals.

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How to identify

COLOURS
Pattern
bars
Head & Mouth
eye bar
Behaviour
hoveringpairsshysolitaryterritorial

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Habitat & where to find it

Where the juvenile stage lives, and where its photos were taken.

  • Range · Indo-Pacific
  • Country only · 2
RANGE
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Juvenile photos 2

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderAcanthuriformes
    5. familyChaetodontidae
    6. genusChaetodon
    7. speciesChaetodon trifascialis Quoy & Gaimard, 1825

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