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Eastern Triangular Butterflyfish

Chaetodon baronessa

Also known as: Coralfish, Baroness Butterflyfish, Eastern Triangle Butterflyfish, Herringbone Coralfish, Pacific Triangular Butterflyfish, Triangular Butterflyfish, Triangular Coralfish

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2010
LIFE STAGE
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Juvenile
@perigor2000 · Moalboal, Philippines · December 20131 / 1

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

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Overview

Juveniles in the arms of branching corals.

02

How to identify

COLOURS
Pattern
chevron stripesstripes
Head & Mouth
eye line
Behaviour
hoveringpairsterritorial

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03

Habitat & where to find it

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

  • Range · Western Pacific
  • Country only · 1
RANGE
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Juvenile photos 1

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderAcanthuriformes
    5. familyChaetodontidae
    6. genusChaetodon
    7. speciesChaetodon baronessa Cuvier, 1829

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