Animalia > Chordata > Perciformes > Chaetodontidae > Chaetodon > Chaetodon xanthurus

Chaetodon xanthurus (Crosshatch butterflyfish; Cross-hatch butterflyfish; Netted butterflyfish; Orange butterflyfish; Pearlscale butterflyfish; Philippine chevron butterflyfish; Yellowtail butterflyfish; Yellow-tail butterflyfish)

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Wikipedia Abstract

The pearlscale butterflyfish (Chaetodon xanthurus) is a species of butterflyfish (family Chaetodontidae) also known as yellow-tailed butterflyfish or Philippines chevron butterflyfish (the chevron butterflyfish is an unrelated species of Chaetodon). It is found on or around the reefs of the central Indo-Pacific region from Indonesia and the Philippines north to the Ryukyu Islands.
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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