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Updated 2/11/2023

Family Chaetodontidae

INDO-WEST PACIFIC

Chaetodon octofasciatus



Palau, 6 feet

Karimunjawa, Indonesia

EIGHTBANDED BUTTERFLYFISH    Yasuji-chochouo

Locally common in protected lagoons among Acropora coral.  Feeds upon coral polyps.  Attains 5 inches.  Maldives east to China and Palau.