Chevron Butterflyfish, Chaetodon trifascialis

Query: Black & yellow warbler

Result: 6364^th of 11207

Subject:	Chevron Butterflyfish, Chaetodon trifascialis
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Chevron Butterflyfish, Chaetodon trifascialis

Chevroned Butterflyfish, Chaetodon trifascialis

Chevroned Butterflyfish
Chaetodon trifascialis
Quoy & Gaimard, 1825

A Chevroned Butterflyfish at a depth of 20m, Northern Small Detached Reef, far northern Great Barrier Reef, Queensland December 2001. View
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The Chevroned Butterflyfish has a white body with black chevron markings on the side. A black bar passes through the eye and the caudal fin is black with a yellow margin.
Juvenile Chevroned Butterflyfish are similar to the adults, except they have a yellow caudal fin and a black bar across the rear of the body.
This species grows to 18cm in length.
Chevroned Butterflyfish typically inhabit inshore and offshore coral reefs and lagoons. This fish is often seen as a solitary individual or in pairs associated with Staghorn coral

Black & yellow warbler
6364/11207

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