Palau
Great Barrier Reef, Australia
Atoll Butterflyfish
Chaetodon mertensii
Atoll Butterflyfish
Also known as: Mertens' Butterflyfish
Category: Butterflyfishes
Scientific Name: Chaetodon mertensii
Size: Up to 5 in. (13 cm)
Depth: 30-300 ft. (10-90 m)
Distribution: West Pacific, French Polynesia, Great Barrier Reef, Fiji
Chordata (Phylum)
└Vertebrata (Subphylum)
└Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
└Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
└Actinopteri (Superclass)
└Teleostei (Class)
└Acanthuriformes (Order)
└Chaetodontidae (Family)
└Chaetodon (Genus)
└C. mertensii (Species)
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