Spotfin Butterflyfish


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This is a Spotfin Butterflyfish about 6 inches.  Photo by Rod  12 Nov 04.
Location The Elbow, Key Largo in about 25 feet water.
Chaetodon ocellatus  

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Audubon Field Guide; page ; plate ;
Reef Fish ID, 3rd edition; page 30-31; plates 31;
Size: 3-6 inches; max 8 inches;
Depth: 10-60 feet;


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This is a pair of Spotfin Butterflyfish about 7 inches.  Photo by Rod 18 March 2006.
Location North-North Dry Rocks, Key Largo in about 25 feet water.

 Rod Bigelow
P.O. Box 13  Chazy Lake
Dannemora, N.Y. 12929
< rodbigelow@netzero.net > 

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