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Lord Howe Island butterflyfish
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Acanthuriformes
Family:	Chaetodontidae
Genus:	Amphichaetodon
Species:	A. howensis
Binomial name
Amphichaetodon howensis (Waite, 1903)
Synonyms
Chaetodon howensis Waite, 1903

The Lord Howe Island butterflyfish (Amphichaetodon howensis) is a butterflyfish of the family Chaetodontidae, found along the east coast of Australia, around Lord Howe Island, and down the east coast of Northland in New Zealand, at depths of between 10 and 150 m. They are up to 20 cm long with black and yellow/white vertical stripes.

References

1. Pyle, R.; Allen, G.R.; Myers, R.F. (2010). "Amphichaetodon howensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T165682A6090163. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T165682A6090163.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Amphichaetodon howensis". FishBase. December 2019 version.

• Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Amphichaetodon howensis". FishBase. March 2006 version.
• Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8
• Images of Amphichaetodon howensis (Waite, 1903) in the collection of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

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