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Asian Butterflyfish
Chaetodon argentatus
Chaetodon argentatus, the Asian butterflyfish, is a species of butterflyfish native to the western pacific ocean from the Philippines up to Japan. They live in coral reefs where there is dense coral growth, however, in Japan they live in rocky areas from depths from 15-70 ft. They grow up to eight inches (20 cm).
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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 97141.