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Square-back Butterflyfish (Chelmonops curiosus)

Square-back Butterflyfish

Chelmonops curiosus

Class
Ray-finned fish
Rarity
Common
Observations
1,255
Most observed in
🇦🇺 Australia
Conservation
Least Concern

Description

Chelmonops curiosus, truncate coralfish, truncate butterflyfish, western talma or squareback butterflyfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a butterflyfish from the family Chaetodontidae. It is endemic to Australia.

Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Chelmonops curiosus”.

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