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  • Blackback Butterflyfish, 1 of 6
    Photo 1 of 6

    (c) François Libert, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)

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    Photo 2 of 6

    (c) François Libert, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)

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    (c) Sylvain Le Bris, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    (c) Mark Rosenstein, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    (c) Wayne and Pam Osborn, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    Photo 6 of 6

    (c) Ian Shaw, all rights reserved

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Blackback Butterflyfish

Chaetodon melannotus

Worldwide
2,614 observations
Group
Fish

About

The black-backed butterflyfish or blackback butterflyfish (Chaetodon melannotus) is a species of butterflyfish (family Chaetodontidae). It is widespread through the Indo-Pacific area from the Red Sea and East Africa to Samoa, to southern Japan and throughout Micronesia.

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