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Chaetodon oxycephalus Bleeker, 1853

Spot-nape butterflyfish
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Indonesia country information

Common names: Pig-face butterflyfish
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Type locality: Ternate, Moluccas (Ref. 48636). Known from Bali (Ref. 8631, 47567) and Mentawai Islands (Ref. 27157). Also recorded from Raja Ampat Islands, Maumere Bay, Komodo, Togean and Banggai Islands and Pulau Weh; with an Indonesian distribution from Papua to Sumatra (Ref. 47567).
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Kuiter, R.H., 1992
National Database:

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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Acanthuriformes (Surgeonfishes) > Chaetodontidae (Butterflyfishes)
Etymology: Chaetodon: Greek, chaite = hair + Greek, odous = teeth (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Bleeker.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; reef-associated; depth range 10 - 40 m (Ref. 9710).   Tropical; 20°N - 34°S

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