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Chaetodon bennetti (Archer butterflyfish; Bennett's butterfly; Bennett's butterflyfish; Bennett's coralfish; Bluelashed butterflyfish; Eclipse butterflyfish)

Synonyms: Chaetodon benetti; Chaetodon binetti; Chaetodon vinctus
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Wikipedia Abstract

The bluelashed butterflyfish, Chaetodon bennetti, is a species of butterflyfish (family Chaetodontidae). It is found in the Indo-Pacific from East Africa to the Pitcairn Islands, north to Japan and south to Lord Howe Island and Rapa Iti. It grows to a maximum of 20 cm (almost 8 in) long. The body is yellow with a black patch surrounded by a blue circle below the dorsal fin and two curved blue lines above the belly. Its vertical black eyestripe is flanked by two blue lines.
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Pulu Keeling National Park II 6469 Cocos (Keeling) Islands    
Ranong   Thailand      

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Paradiscogaster eniwetokensis[1]
Paradiscogaster glebulae[1]
Symmetrovesicula chaetodontis[1]

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♦ 1Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0