Summary ²

The black-backed butterflyfish or blackback butterflyfish (Chaetodon melannotus) is a species of butterflyfish (family Chaetodontidae). It is widespread through the Indo-Pacific area from the Red Sea and East Africa to Samoa, to southern Japan and throughout Micronesia.

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1. (c) François Libert, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), uploaded by François Libert, https://www.flickr.com/photos/zsispeo/40125891792/
2. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaetodon_melannotus

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