Lined Butterflyfish - Chaetodon lineolatus

The lined butterflyfish is a butterflyfish , one of the largest species in the genus ''Chaetodon''. They have a wide range from the Red Sea to South Africa and as far east as southern Japan and Hawaii.

Lined butterflyfish may grow up to 30 cm long, which among ''Chaetodon'' is matched only by the saddle butterflyfish . They are white in color, with thin black vertical bars which join a thick black band at the base of the tail and dorsal fin. The tail, dorsal, and anal fins are yellow.
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