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Black-back Butterflyfish

Chaetodon melannotus

Classification

The black-backed butterflyfish or blackback butterflyfish (Chaetodon melannotus) is a species of ray-finned fish in the butterflyfish family Chaetodontidae. It is widespread through the Indo-Pacific, ranging from the Red Sea and East Africa to southern Japan, Micronesia and Samoa. Taxonomy With its genus, the blackback butterflyfish belongs to the large subgenus Rabdophorus, which might warrant recognition as a distinct genus.

Distribution

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