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Family Chaetodontidae

TROPICAL WESTERN ATLANTIC

Chaetodon ocellatus

Grand Bahama Island, 40 feet

 

SPOTFIN BUTTERFLYFISH

Fairly common on coral reefs to 100 feet.  Feeds upon invertebrates.  Attains 8 inches.  Florida to Brazil, juvenile waifs sometimes north to Nova Scotia.