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Family Chaetodontidae

TROPICAL WESTERN ATLANTIC

Chaetodon sedentarius

Benwood wreck, Key Largo, FL, 40 feet

REEF BUTTERFLYFISH

Pairs are locally common on reefs to 60 feet.  Feeds upon sessile invertebrates.  Attains 6 inches.  Florida to Venezuela & the Gulf of Mexico.