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Tahitian butterflyfish
Chaetodon trichrous
Chaetodon trichrous (Tahiti butterflyfish) is a species of fish in the family Chaetodontidae.
From the article Chaetodon trichrous on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
Chaetodon trichrous can grow to a length of about 12 centimetres (4.7 in). The back half of the body is dark brown to black, while the front part is grayish, with a small vertical black stripe through the eye. The tail is yellow.
Range & habitat
This species is endemic to French Polynesia (Marquesas Islands, Society Islands, Tahiti, Tuamotu Archipelago) in the central-south Pacific Ocean.
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
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 97205.