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Butterfly fish (Chaetodon)
Behaviors of butterflyfish and squirrelfish
copperband butterflyfish Startle markings of the four-eye butterfly fish (Chaetodon capistratus). butterfly fish
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Behaviors of butterflyfish and squirrelfish
Learn about butterflyfish and squirrelfish.
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Butterfly fish (Chaetodon)
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copperband butterflyfish
Copperband butterflyfish (Chelmon rostratus).
Jerry
Startle markings of the four-eye butterfly fish (Chaetodon capistratus).
Douglas Faulkner
butterfly fish
The silvery appearance of the butterfly fish (Chaetodon) is due to a deposit...
Bruce Barnetson—NHPA/Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
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