Florent's Guide To The

French Polynesia

Black Butterflyfish
Chaetodon flavirostris
Black Butterflyfish
Category: Butterflyfishes
Scientific Name: Chaetodon flavirostris
Size: Up to 8 in. (20 cm)  
Depth: 6-60 ft. (2-18 m)
Distribution: Great Barrier Reef, Fiji, Tonga, French Polynesia
Chordata (Phylum)
└Vertebrata (Subphylum)
 └Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
  └Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
   └Actinopteri (Superclass)
    └Teleostei (Class)
     └Acanthuriformes (Order)
      └Chaetodontidae (Family)
       └Chaetodon (Genus)
        └C. flavirostris (Species)

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