Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Reefs

Spot-Nape Butterflyfish
Spot-Nape Butterflyfish
Scientific Name: Chaetodon oxycephalus
Category: Butterflyfishes
Size: Up to 10 in. (25 cm)  
Depth: 30-130 ft. (10-40 m)
Distribution: Indo-Pacific

Fish
Disk & Large Oval
Butterflyfishes

Spot-Nape Butterflyfish

Latticed Butterflyfish

Eight-Banded Butterflyfish

Blacklip Butterflyfish

Reticulated Butterflyfish

Threadfin Butterflyfish

Bluestripe Butterflyfish

Banded Butterflyfish

Foureye Butterflyfish

Spotfin Butterflyfish

Reef Butterflyfish

Longsnout Butterflyfish

Vagabond Butterflyfish

Chevroned Butterflyfish

Saddled Butterflyfish

Ornate Butterflyfish

Redfin Butterflyfish

Humphead Bannerfish

Pennant Bannerfish

Schooling Bannerfish

Longnose Butterflyfish

Big Longnose Butterflyfish

Fourspot Butterflyfish

Pyramid Butterflyfish

Speckled Butterflyfish

Spot-Banded Butterflyfish

Multiband Butterflyfish

Milletseed Butterflyfish

Raccoon Butterflyfish

Black-Backed Butterflyfish

Eclipse Butterflyfish

Teardrop Butterflyfish

Zanclidae
Surgeonfishes
Rabbitfishes
Angelfishes

External Reference: fishbase.org itis.gov

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