Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Pacific Reefs

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)
└Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
 └Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
  └Actinopteri (Superclass)
   └Teleostei (Class)
    └Acanthuriformes (Order)
     └Chaetodontidae (Family)
      └Chaetodon (Genus)

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