Kingdom Animalia Genus Amphichaetodon Phylum Chordata Rank Species | Family Chaetodontidae Scientific name Amphichaetodon howensis Higher classification Amphichaetodon Order Perciformes | |
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Similar Amphichaetodon, Butterflyfish, Chelmonops truncatus, Chelmonops curiosus, Chaetodon assarius | ||
The Lord Howe Island butterflyfish (Amphichaetodon howensis) is a butterflyfish of the family Chaetodontidae, found along the east coast of Australia, around Lord Howe Island, and down the east coast of Northland in New Zealand, at depths of between 10 and 150 m. They are up to 20 cm long with black and yellow/white vertical stripes.
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