Spot-nape butterflyfish/Chaetodon oxycephalus

4053 - Spot-nape butterflyfish - Chaetodon oxycephalus - 25cm

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Twin Rocks/Mabini (Anilao)/Philippines - South China Sea

Very similar to the lined butterflyfish (C. lineolatus), but in this species the eyeband is interrupted just above the eye to give a separate "nape patch".

Photographer: Bart Hazes