Image: A Dotted Butterflyfish caught at Ashmore Reef

A Dotted Butterflyfish caught at Ashmore Reef

A Dotted Butterflyfish caught on the outer reef slope on the north-east side of Ashmore Reef, Queensland.

Photographer:
Sally Reader
Rights:
© Australian Museum
Common name:
Dotted Butterflyfish
Scientific name:
Chaetodon semeion
Family:
Chaetodontidae
Order:
Perciformes

Additional information

The fish was caught during the Outer Great Barrier Reef Fish Survey in 1993.

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Tags fishes, ichthyology, Chaetodon semeion, Dotted Butterflyfish,