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Amphichaetodon

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Scientific name
  
Amphichaetodon

Higher classification
  
Butterflyfish

Order
  
Perciformes

Family
  
Chaetodontidae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Rank
  
Genus

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Similar
  
Lord Howe Island but, Butterflyfish, Coradion, Hemitaurichthys, Prognathodes

Amphichaetodon is a genus of fish in the family Chaetodontidae, the butterflyfishes. They are native to the southern Pacific Ocean.

Species

There are currently two recognized species in this genus:

  • Amphichaetodon howensis (Waite, 1903) – Lord Howe Island butterflyfish
  • Amphichaetodon melbae W. E. Burgess & D. K. Caldwell, 1978 – narrow-barred butterflyfish

    • References

    Amphichaetodon Wikipedia
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