Florent's Guide To The Florida, Bahamas &

Caribbean Reefs

Spotfin Butterflyfish
Spotfin Butterflyfish
Category: Butterflyfishes
Scientific Name: Chaetodon ocellatus
Size: 3 to 7 in. (8 to 18 cm)  
Depth: 10-60 ft. (3-18 m)
Distribution: Caribbean, Bahamas, Florida, Bermuda, Gulf of America

Phylum: Chordata
Parvphylum: Osteichthyes
Gigaclass: Actinopterygii
Superclass: Actinopteri
Class: Teleostei
Order: Acanthuriformes
Family: Chaetodontidae


Disk & Large Oval
Butterflyfishes

Spotfin Butterflyfish

Reef Butterflyfish

Banded Butterflyfish

Longsnout Butterflyfish

Foureye Butterflyfish



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