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lunulatus
Updated 3/19/2024
Family Chaetodontidae
TROPICAL PACIFIC / HAWAII
Chaetodon lunulatus
Juvenile, Faga'alu, American Samoa, 6 feet
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Wakatobi, Indonesia, 25 feet |
Mahukona, Hawaii, 20 feet
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Mahukona, Hawaii, 35 feet |
Kealakekua Bay, Hawaii, 6 feet |
Haleiwa Trench, Oahu, 20 feet |
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Haleiwa Trench, Oahu, 20 feet
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Honokohau, Hawaii, 25 feet
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Pardise Taveuni, Fiji, 15 feet |
Hanauma Bay, Oahu, 12 feet
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Kuata, Fiji, 6 feet |
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OVAL or REDFIN BUTTERFLYFISH
kapuhili
Pairs are locally common on sheltered coral-rich reefs to 60 feet. Feeds
upon coral tissue. Attains 6 inches. Japan to Australia,
Hawai'i, and the Tuamotus.
Recently separated from
Chaetodon trifasciatus, an Indian Ocean species. |
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