Falcula butterflyfish
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| phylum | Chordata | Chaetodon falcula, the blackwedged butterflyfish or falcula butterflyfish, is a species of butterflyfish(family Chaetodontidae). It is found in the Indian Ocean, from eastern Africa south to 27°S and east to Indonesia. It grows to a maximum of 20 cm (nearly 8 in) long. Its shape is reminiscent of longsnout butterflyfish, though the snout is not as extremely prolonged and the pattern is very different. The body is white with a series of narrow vertical dark grey lines and bright yellow and orange over the back, dorsal fin, anal finand caudal fin.
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| class | Actinopterygii | |
| order | Perciformes | |
| family | Chaetodontidae | |
| genus | Chaetodon | |
| species | C. falcula |
