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Bluecheck butterflyfish
Chaetodon semilarvatus
Distribution: Red Sea and Gulf of Aden. Habitat: depth between 4 and 20 m. Description: Often seen in pairs or in groups. Its size does not exceed 25 cm. Also called yellow or fish butterfly mask as a black spot mask a part of the eye and cheek. The body is orange-yellow streaked with red vertical stripes orange. Food: Feeds on benthic invertebrates. |
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Taxonomic classification
| Phylum: | Chordata | Class: | Actinopterygii | Sub class: | Neopterygii | To print in "PDF" format |
| Order: | Perciformes | Sub order: | Percoidei | Family: | Chaetodontidae | |
| Genus: | Chaetodon | Species: | semilarvatus | Descriptor: | Cuvier, 1831 |  |