Banded butterflyfish
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| Banded butterflyfish | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Chaetodontidae |
| Genus: | Chaetodon |
| Species: | C. striatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Chaetodon striatus Linnaeus, 1758 |
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The banded butterflyfish (Chaetodon striatus) is a butterflyfish found in the western Atlantic Ocean from Brazil to Bermuda.
The name is derived from the dark vertical bands on the fish's body. This, combined with a vertical, black bar through the eye, is designed to confuse predators.
[edit] References
- "Chaetodon striatus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=169563. Retrieved 5 August 2006.
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). "Chaetodon striatus" in FishBase. August 2006 version.
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