Florent's Guide To The

French Polynesia

Dotted butterflyfish
Chaetodon semeion
Dotted butterflyfish
Category: Butterflyfishes
Scientific Name: Chaetodon semeion
Size: Up to 9 in. (22 cm)  
Depth: 6-150 ft. (2-45 m)
Distribution: Indo-Pacific, French Polynesia
Chordata (Phylum)
└Vertebrata (Subphylum)
 └Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
  └Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
   └Actinopteri (Superclass)
    └Teleostei (Class)
     └Acanthuriformes (Order)
      └Chaetodontidae (Family)
       └Chaetodon (Genus)
        └C. semeion (Species)

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