Banded butterflyfish

Banded butterflyfish
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Chaetodontidae
Genus:	Chaetodon
Species:	C. striatus
Binomial name
Chaetodon striatus Linnaeus, 1758

The banded butterflyfish (Chaetodon striatus) is a butterflyfish found in the western Atlantic Ocean from Brazil to Bermuda.

The name is derived from the dark vertical bands on the fish's body. This, combined with a vertical, black bar through the eye, is designed to confuse predators.

References

• "Chaetodon striatus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=169563. Retrieved 5 August 2006. 
• Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). "Chaetodon striatus" in FishBase. August 2006 version.

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