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Chaetodon auriga
The Threadfin Butterflyfish Chaetodon auriga is a real attraction. It has a bold elegant appearance and a bold personality to match. It is one good sized butterflyfish, reaching a length of just over 9 inches (23 cm). In nature it has a calm approachable demeanor and readily allows divers to observe and photograph it. The body is a bright pearly white to the front and becomes bright yellow to the rear and onto the dorsal, anal and tail fins. It sports a number of diagonal black lines that are perpendicular to one another, creating a chevron-type patterning. It's accented with a bold black eye bar running vertically across its face and it may or may not have a black eye spot high up on the back half of the dorsal fin.
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Spotted on Oct 17, 2014
Submitted on Dec 7, 2014
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