World Species : Chaetodon octofasciatus (rightbanded butterflyfish; Eight banded butterfly fish; Eight striped butterflyfish; Eightband butterflyfish; Eight-banded butterflyfish; Eight-banded coralfish; Eight-striped butterflyfish)

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Chaetodon octofasciatus (rightbanded butterflyfish; Eight banded butterfly fish; Eight striped butterflyfish; Eightband butterflyfish; Eight-banded butterflyfish; Eight-banded coralfish; Eight-striped butterflyfish)

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Synonyms: Cahetodon octofasciatus; Chaetodon octolineatus; Tetragonopterus octofasciatus

Language: Cebuano; Danish; Davawenyo; Ilokano; Japanese; Kagayanen; Malay; Mandarin Chinese; Swedish; Tagalog; Vietnamese; Visayan; Waray-waray

Wikipedia Abstract

The Eight-banded Butterflyfish or eightband butterflyfish (Chaetodon octofasciatus) is a species of butterflyfish (family Chaetodontidae). It is found in the Indo- west Pacific region from Indonesia and the Philippines via Papua New Guinea and the Great Barrier Reef to the Solomon Islands, Palau, and north to China; it extends into the Indian Ocean at least to the Maldives, India and Sri Lanka.

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Protected Areas

Name	IUCN Category	Area acres	Location	Species	Website	Climate	Land Use
Saba Marine Park National Marine Park	II	5573	Netherlands Antilles

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Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License

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