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Goldstripe Butterflyfish
Chaetodon aureofasciatus
Chaetodon aureofasciatus is a species of marine angelfish found throughout the Pacific Ocean, including Australian waters of the Great Barrier Reef and Lord Howe Island, as well as Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea. With a preference for coastal and offshore reefs, it can be found at depths of 1–20 metres (3.3–65.6 ft). It has a high tolerance for freshwater and is often found near river mouths. It is an obligate feeder of live corals, though no coral...
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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 97143.