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Spiny Butterflyfish
Hemitaurichthys multispinosus
The many-spined butterflyfish (Hemitaurichthys multispinosus), also known as the multispine butterflyfish or spiny butterflyfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a butterflyfish from the family Chaetodontidae, which is associated with deeper reefs around three island groups in the southern central Pacific Ocean.
From the article Many-spined butterflyfish on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
The many-spined butterflyfish is a rather drab uniform grey colour. It has 14-16 spines in its dorsal fin and 5 spines in the anal fin. The maximum recorded length of this species is 20.8 centimetres (8.2 in).
Range & habitat
The many-spined butterflyfish is found only around a few island groups in the southern Pacific Ocean. It has been recorded from the British overseas territory of Pitcairn Island, Easter Island in Chile and, a single island in the Austral Islands, Rurutu, in French Polynesia.
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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 102617.