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Oval-Spot Butterflyfish - Chaetodon speculum The Oval-Spot Butterflyfish - Chaetodon speculum is bright yellow; large black oval-shaped spot on middle of back. Anilao,Batangas,Butterflyfish,Chaetodon speculum,Fish,Geotagged,Mirror Butterflyfish,Philippines,Winter Click/tap to enlarge

Oval-Spot Butterflyfish - Chaetodon speculum

The Oval-Spot Butterflyfish - Chaetodon speculum is bright yellow; large black oval-shaped spot on middle of back.

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The Mirror Butterflyfish, ''Chaetodon speculum'', is a species of butterflyfish . It is found in the Indo-Pacific region from Indonesia to Japan and south to the Great Barrier Reef and Papua New Guinea. The species has also been reported from Madagascar, Mauritius and Réunion.

It grows to a maximum of 18 cm in length. The body color is a bright to orange-yellow with a big black blotch below the dorsal fin and a vertical black bar running through the eye.

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Similar species: Butterflyfishes, Angelfishes
Species identified by Albert Kang
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By Albert Kang

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Uploaded Dec 26, 2016. Captured Dec 25, 2016 15:08 in Mabini Circumferential Rd, Mabini, Batangas, Philippines.
  • TG-4
  • f/6.3
  • 1/200s
  • ISO800
  • 18mm