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Lined Butterflyfish, Chaetodon lineolatu

Lined Butterflyfish, Chaetodon lineolatus

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Mark McGrouther
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30/03/21
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Lined Butterflyfish, Chaetodon lineolatus — A Lined Butterflyfish, Chaetodon lineolatus, at a depth of 7m, Ribbon Reef #5, Great Barrier Reef off Cooktown, Queensland, 23 June 2002. Image: Erik Schlögl
© Erik Schlögl

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Chaetodontidae fish

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