| Chaetodontidae (Butterflyfishes) |
| 18 cm TL (male/unsexed) |
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reef-associated; marine; depth range 3 - 30 m |
| Indo-West Pacific: Andaman Sea and Sumatra, Indonesia to Papua New Guinea, north to southern Japan, south to northwest Australia and the Great Barrier Reef. |
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Dorsal spines (total): 8; Dorsal soft rays (total): 31-33; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 20-22. Description: Body white, three vertical bars golden or dark brown, the two behind head spaced closely, the other one before tail extends from dorsal fin to anal fin; eye bar diagonal brown; caudal peduncle bar black. Snout length 3.0-3.1 in HL. Body depth 1.4-1.5 in SL (Ref. 90102). |
| A poorly known species (Ref. 4855). Found in inshore reefs in mixed algae and coral habitats and coastal drop-offs (Ref. 48636). Uncommon (Ref. 90102). Oviparous (Ref. 205). Form pairs during breeding (Ref. 205). |
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Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 09 October 2009 Ref. (130435)
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| harmless |
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Type locality: Queensland (Ref. 48636). Common in Moreton Bay, few juveniles from Balmoral, Sydney Harbor (Ref. 9002) and Lizard islands (Ref. 40521). Museum: CSIRO CA2955. From North West Cape to Darwin (Ref. 5978). Also Ref. 2334, 43239. |
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