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Amphichaetodon

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Amphichaetodon is a genus of marine ray-finned fish in the family Chaetodontidae, the butterflyfishes. They are native to the southern Pacific Ocean.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassTeleostei
  4. OrderPerciformes
  5. FamilyChaetodontidae
Habitatmarine
Observations recorded347

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Specimen records
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Family
Chaetodontidae
Collections
AM
Recorded in
Chile

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Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Chaetodontidae
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Amphichaetodon howensis.jpg
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Amphichaetodon is a genus of marine ray-finned fish in the family Chaetodontidae, the butterflyfishes. They are native to the southern Pacific Ocean.

==Species== There are currently two recognized species in this genus: Amphichaetodon howensis (Waite, 1903) – Lord Howe Island butterflyfish Amphichaetodon melbae W. E. Burgess & D. K. Caldwell, 1978 – narrow-barred butterflyfish

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