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Spotfin butterflyfish
Sep 11, 2017.
Seen in the dive site 1000 Steps. Bonaire.
Body is white with a black bar running across the head through the eye. The dorsal, caudal and anal fins are either yellow or transparent. A narrow yellow bar runs from gill opening to pectoral base.
The spotfin butterflyfish, ''Chaetodon ocellatus'', is a butterflyfish found in the western Atlantic Ocean, in the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea.
The name is derived from the dark spot on the fish's dorsal fin. This, combined with a vertical, black bar through the eye, is designed to confuse predators.
Similar species: Butterflyfishes, Angelfishes
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Uploaded Dec 27, 2017. Captured Sep 11, 2017 16:42 in Queen's Highway, Rincon, Caribbean Netherlands.
