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Chaetodon bennetti in life
In life — Eclipse Butterflyfish, photographed by an iNaturalist observer, not this specimen. (c) Mark Rosenstein, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Mark Rosenstein
BPBM 12862Ichthyology

Chaetodon bennetti

Eclipse Butterflyfish

As recorded: Chaetodon bennetti Cuvier, 1831

Animalia › Chordata › Perciformes › Chaetodontidae

Collected by
J.E. Randall
Date
January 28, 1971
Locality
Rapa Island; off entrance to Haurei Bay; N of Rapa Iti (small island near bay entrance)
Depth
9 m
Record type
Preserved specimen
6 Bishop specimens of Chaetodon bennetti · collected 1967–1973Species page ›

Collected the same day

On January 28, 1971, J.E. Randall also collected 6 other specimens.

Cite this specimen

Chaetodon bennetti. BPBM 12862. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 35903372. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/i/12862.

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