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Genus of fishes From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Amphichaetodon is a genus of marine ray-finned fish in the family Chaetodontidae, the butterflyfishes. They are native to the southern Pacific Ocean.
Amphichaetodon | |
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Lord Howe Island butterflyfish (A. howensis) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Acanthuriformes |
Family: | Chaetodontidae |
Genus: | Amphichaetodon W. E. Burgess, 1978 |
Type species | |
Amphichaetodon melbae W. E. Burgess & D. K. Caldwell, 1978 | |
Species | |
2 |
There are currently two recognized species in this genus:[1]
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