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Marquesas butterflyfish
Chaetodon declivis
The Marquesas butterflyfish (Chaetodon declivis) is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a butterflyfish belonging to the family Chaetodontidae. It is found in the central Pacific Ocean.
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Description
The Marquesas butterflyfish has a silvery-white body marked with black spots, with the upper posterior section featuring a blackish, wedge-shaped area. A yellow vertical band runs through the eye. The dorsal fin is yellowish-orange while the caudal fin is yellow. They are known to a total length of 12 centimetres (4.7 in).
Range & habitat
The Marquesas butterflyfish is to the Central Pacific Ocean and is primarily found in the Line Islands in the United States Minor Outlying Islands, Phoenix Islands in French Polynesia and Kiribati and Marquesas in French Polynesia.
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
In human culture
The Marquesas butterflyfish was first formally described in 1975 by the American ichthyologist John Ernest Randall, the type locality was recorded as Hanauu Bay on Fatu Hiva in the Marquesas Islands. The specific species name, declivis, is derived from Latin, meaning "sloping", refers to the diagonally sloping dark patch on its upper body and fins. Populations of similar fishes in Marshall Islands are believed to be hybrids of C. declivis and butterflyfish (Chaetodon burgessi).
Wikipedia: “Taxonomy and etymology”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 97153.