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Chaetodontidae
melon butterflyfish
Chaetodon trifasciatus
Fifteen Centimeters Chaetodontid Fish of the Indian Ocean
- Tropical
- Restricted distribution
- Marine fish
- Indian Ocean
- Pacific Ocean
- Africa
- Southeast Asia
- Deep-bodied
- Compressed cross-section
- Medium
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Restricted distribution
Marine fish
Deep-bodied
Mediummelon butterflyfish is a marine fish of Indian Ocean. The species occupies marine waters. Records give a maximum length of 15 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Chaetodontidae
- Genus
- Chaetodon
- Maximum length
- 15 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- deep_bodied
- Distribution
- Indian Ocean: from East Africa and islands of western and central Indian Ocean to Andaman Sea, Cocos-Keeling Islands, Christmas Island, and western Indonesia (western Sumatra, Java, Bali ad Nusa Penida).. According to Randall, pers. comm. 1995 Chaetodon trifasciatus occurs only in the Indian Ocean while Chaetodon lunulatus occurs only in the Pacific). DNA (from tissue samples) expected to further distinguished two distinct species ( Chaetodon lunulatus and Chaetodon trifasciatus (Ref. 86689 ).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
