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Chaetodon blackburnii
Sign in to saveThe brownburnie (Chaetodon blackburnii), also known as '''Blackburn's butterflyfish or the rayed butterflyfish''', is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a butterflyfish belonging to the family Chaetodontidae. It is found in the western Indian Ocean.
Species
Least Concernbrownburnie
SPECIES
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderPerciformes
- FamilyChaetodontidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 22
- With media
- 3
- Family
- Chaetodontidae
- Collections
- CUMV, SIO, USNM, ROM, BPBM, ANSP
- Recorded in
- Mauritius, South Africa, Reunion, Madagascar, Reunion(I.)
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- Chaetodon blackburnii
- taxon name
- Chaetodon blackburnii
- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
- taxon common name
- Brownburnie
- short name
- C. blackburnii
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The brownburnie (Chaetodon blackburnii), also known as '''Blackburn's butterflyfish or the rayed butterflyfish', is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a butterflyfish belonging to the family Chaetodontidae. It is found in the western Indian Ocean.
==Description== The brownburnie is rather drab when compared to many of its congeners. The body of this species is mainly brownish black with the head and front part of the body being bright yellow with a black vertical bar running across the eye. The dark colour extends onto the dorsal fin and the anal fin while the pelvic fins are bright yellow. The dorsal fin contains 16 spines and 21-23 soft rays while the anal fin has 3 spines and 17-18 soft rays. This species attains a maximum total length of .
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