Yellow-crowned butterflyfish
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The Yellow-crowned butterflyfish (Chaetodon flavocoronatus) is a species of fish
in the Chaetodontidae family. It is endemic to Guam
and the Northern Mariana Islands
.
Fish
Fish are a paraphyletic group of organisms that consist of all gill-bearing aquatic vertebrate animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish, as well as various extinct related groups...
in the Chaetodontidae family. It is endemic to Guam
Guam
Guam is an organized, unincorporated territory of the United States located in the western Pacific Ocean. It is one of five U.S. territories with an established civilian government. Guam is listed as one of 16 Non-Self-Governing Territories by the Special Committee on Decolonization of the United...
and the Northern Mariana Islands
Northern Mariana Islands
The Northern Mariana Islands, officially the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands , is a commonwealth in political union with the United States, occupying a strategic region of the western Pacific Ocean. It consists of 15 islands about three-quarters of the way from Hawaii to the Philippines...
.
Source
- Roberts, C. 1996. Chaetodon flavocoronatus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 4 August 2007.