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  • Chevron Butterflyfish, 1 of 6
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    (c) Francois Libert, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)

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

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    (c) zsispeo, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

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    (c) Roger Rittmaster, some rights reserved (CC BY)

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    (c) Ian Shaw, all rights reserved

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    Photo 6 of 6

    (c) Floyd E. Hayes, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Chevron Butterflyfish

Chaetodon trifascialis

IUCN Red List status: Near threatened

IUCN Red List status

Worldwide
3,010 observations
Group
Fish

iNaturalist hides the exact location of threatened species, so a sighting can sit several kilometres from the point shown on its record.

About

The chevron butterflyfish (Chaetodon trifascialis), also known as chevroned butterflyfish, triangulate butterflyfish or V-lined butterflyfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a butterflyfish belonging to the family Chaetodontidae. It has a wide Indo-Pacific distribution.

Summary from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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