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Chaetodon meyeriChaetodon meyeri (Maypole butterflyfish; Meyer's butterfly; Meyer's butterflyfish; Meyer's coralfish; Scrawled butterflyfish)
Synonyms: Holacanthus flavoniger
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The Scrawled Butterflyfish (Chaetodon meyeri) is a species of butterflyfish (family Chaetodontidae). It is found in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean from East Africa to the Line Islands; north to the Ryukyu Islands; south to the Great Barrier Reef; including Micronesia and the Galapagos Islands. Growing to a maximum length of 20 cm (nearly 8 in), its body is whitish or blue-white with curved to oblique black bands on the sides. A yellow-edged black bar runs through the eye, another is on the snout. |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via
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