Spotfin butterflyfish
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| Species: | C. ocellatus
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| Chaetodon ocellatus Bloch, 1787
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The spotfin butterflyfish (Chaetodon ocellatus), is a butterflyfish found in the western Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea.
The name is derived from the dark spot on the fish's dorsal fin. This, combined with a vertical, black bar through the eye, is designed to confuse predators.
References
- "Chaetodon ocellatus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. 6 June.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=and|year=/|date=mismatch (help) - Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Chaetodon ocellatus". FishBase. November 2005 version.
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