West Australian butterflyfish

West Australian Butterflyfish
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Chaetodontidae
Genus: Chaetodon
Species: C. assarius
Binomial name
Chaetodon assarius
Waite, 1905

The West Australian butterflyfish (Chaetodon assarius) is a species of butterflyfish native to the west coast of Australia, ranging from Perth north to Shark Bay. It can be found on coastal reefs at depths of 1 to 40 metres (3.3 to 131.2 ft). This species reaches a maximum length of 13 centimetres (5.1 in) TL.[1]

References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). "Chaetodon assarius" in FishBase. August 2018 version.


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