Dotted Butterflyfish, Chaetodon semeion Bleeker 1855
A Dotted Butterflyfish, Chaetodon semeion, at Mary Island, Solomon Islands. Source: Sally Polack / FishWise Professional. License: CC by Attribution-NonCommercial-Sharealike
Summary:
A bright golden-yellow butterflyfish with a prominent elongated black teardrop-shaped bar through the eye, a blue forehead, diagonal rows of black dots along the side, outer parts of the dorsal and anal-fins black, and a filament trailing from the soft dorsal fin.
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Dianne J. Bray, Chaetodon semeion in Fishes of Australia, accessed 19 Apr 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/2399
Dotted Butterflyfish, Chaetodon semeion Bleeker 1855
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Distribution |
Recorded in the Australian region from Rowley Shoals and Scott Reef, WA, Ashmore Reef, Timor Sea, and Ashmore Reef, Coral Sea and the northern Great Barrier Reef to off Cairns, QLD; also Cocos (Keeling) Island in the Indian Ocean. Elsewhere in the tropical, east-Indo-west Pacific. |
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Species Citation |
Chaetodon semeion Bleeker, 1855, Natuur. Tijdschr. Nederland. Indië 8: 450. Type locality: Cocos-Keeling Island. |
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Author |
Dianne J. Bray |
Dotted Butterflyfish, Chaetodon semeion Bleeker 1855
References
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