Fish
11 entries in the Diagonal butterflyfish compendium.
Diagonal butterflyfish (Chaetodon fasciatus)Source-cited species reference: taxonomy from WoRMS, biology from FishBase, occurrence map from GBIF…Chaetodon lunulaA tiny crescent of ink on a pale body, haunting the western Indian Ocean's quiet reefs.Chaetodon humeralisA flash of Caribbean yellow anchored by a single black shoulder spot.Chaetodon aurigaA yellow banner unfurled across the eye, a small tyrant of the coral heads.Chaetodon lineolatusA small western-Pacific butterflyfish whose face is etched with fine parallel lines.Chaetodon trifascialisThree black bands, one reef, and a territorial streak that outlasts most of its neighbors.Chaetodon aurantiaA living ember of orange, tethered to the coral it feeds upon.Chaetodon reticulatusA tiny net of living gold stitched across the reef's branching architecture.Chaetodon citrinellusA quiet, citrine-streaked sentinel of the outer reef slope, grazing polyps in dappled light.Chaetodon xanthurusA small, sun-yellow butterflyfish that dissolves into the coral light of the Indo-Pacific.Chaetodon miliarisA pocket-sized reef grazer whose body is dusted in millet-seed spots.
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