Three-banded butterflyfish

Chaetodon robustus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Chaetodontidae
Genus: Chaetodon
Species: C. robustus
Binomial name
Chaetodon robustus
Günther, 1860

The three-banded butterflyfish (Chaetodon robustus) is a species of fish in the Chaetodontidae family.

It inhabits the eastern-central Atlantic Ocean, in warm tropical waters from Mauritania down to Cape Verde and the Gulf of Guinea. It is present in coral reefs, from 30 to 70 meters deep. Its length is 14.5 cm.[2]

References

  1. Sidibé, A; Rocha, L.A. (2010). "Chaetodon robustus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2010: e.T4364A10819034. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010.RLTS.T4364A10819034.en. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
  2. "Chaetodon robustus Günther, 1860". FishBase. 1 August 2013.


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