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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).
From the article Chaetodon argentatus on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
Chaetodon argentatus has a silver coloured body which is marked by a mesh of diagonal black lines creating a net like pattern. There are also two black saddle marks with a black vertical band at the rear of the body running from the soft rayed part of the dorsal fin to the equivalent part of the anal fin. There are 13–14 spines and 21–22 soft rays in the dorsal fin while the anal fin contains 3 spines and 15–16 soft rays. This species attains a maximum total length of 20 centimetres (7.9 in).
Range & habitat
Chaetodon argentatus is found in the Western Pacific where it is distributed from the Ryukyu and Izu Islands of southern Japan south to the northern Philippines and east to Taiwan.
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 97141.