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Chaetodontidae

6 fish on EveryFish name Chaetodontidae among their families.

WorldThreadfin butterflyfish A tropical marine fish with a trailing dorsal filament.Reef fish · Coasts and shelves

North AmericaFoureye butterflyfish Atlantic reef fish with false eyespots for defenceReef fish · Coasts and shelves

WorldYellow longnose butterflyfish A bright yellow reef fish with a long snout.Reef fish · Coral reefs · 1898

WorldRaccoon butterflyfish A striped marine fish with a distinctive facial mask.Reef fish · Coasts and shelves · 1802

WorldCopperband butterflyfish A long-snouted reef fish with yellow stripesReef fish · Coasts and shelves

WorldButterflyfish A global family of colourful tropical reef fish known for their bright patterns and coral diets.Reef fish · Coasts and shelves · 1815

Photo credits on this page

The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

Threadfin butterflyfish: Bernard E. Picton BernardP, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Foureye butterflyfish: Dan Schofield, CC BY 4.0, source
Yellow longnose butterflyfish: Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Raccoon butterflyfish: Rickard Zerpe, CC BY 2.0, source
Copperband butterflyfish: Luc Viatour, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Butterflyfish: Brocken Inaglory, CC BY-SA 4.0, source

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