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Goldheaded Butterflyfish

Chaetodon xanthocephalus

Classification

Chaetodon xanthocephalus, known commonly as the yellowhead butterflyfish, is a species of marine fish in the family Chaetodontidae. It is found in the Indian Ocean. Taxonomy The yellowhead butterflyfish was first formally described in 1833 by the English naturalist Edward Turner Bennett (1797–1836) with the type locality given as Ceylon.

Distribution

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