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Threadfin Butterflyfish

The body is white with two sets of parallel black lines perpendicular to each other. Unlike the Vagabonds, the rear is completely orange, with a small oval black spot on the tip of the dorsal, which also has a trailing filament.

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Threadfin Butterflyfish

The body is white with two sets of parallel black lines perpendicular to each other. Unlike the Vagabonds, the rear is completely orange, with a small oval black spot on the tip of the dorsal, which also has a trailing filament.

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Teardrop Butterflyfish

White body with lemon yellow dorsal and anal fins and the lemon yellow extending over the top of the back. A dark line through the eye, and dark margin on the rear of the dorsal and anal fins running continuous through the caudal peduncle. A large black spot on the top of the back gives […]

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Spot-nape Butterflyfish

Very similar to the lined butterflyfish: silvery body with dark vertical lines and a broad black band on the top of the rear of the body, but distinguishable by having a dark spot on the forehead separated from the black line through the eye.

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Spot-banded Butterflyfish

Yellow body with grey bands over the back giving way to grey spots on the belly. Orange caudal peduncle and an Alice Cooper mark over the eye.

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Reticulated Butterflyfish

Dark body with rows of white spots. Yellow edged black line through the eye. White dorsal and caudal fins. Caudal fin has a black edged yellow strip, and a small orange margin on the top of the anal fin.

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Reticulated Butterflyfish

Dark body with rows of white spots. Yellow edged black line through the eye. White dorsal and caudal fins. Caudal fin has a black edged yellow strip, and a small orange margin on the top of the anal fin.

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Redfin Butterflyfish

Called the Pin Strip for obvious reasons, though the banding is hardly pin-strip thickness. Also called Redfin after the anal fin – which is more orange than red really. Has a distinctive dark patch on one of the upper, horizontal lines along its side.

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Redfin Butterflyfish

Called the Pin Strip for obvious reasons, though the banding is hardly pin-strip thickness. Also called Redfin after the anal fin – which is more orange than red really. Has a distinctive dark patch on one of the upper, horizontal lines along its side.

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