The three-banded butterflyfish (''Chaetodon robustus'') is a species of

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in the

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Chaetodontidae. It inhabits the eastern-central

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, in warm tropical waters from

Mauritania Mauritania (; ar, موريتانيا, ', french: Mauritanie; Berber: ''Agawej'' or ''Cengit''; Pulaar: ''Moritani''; Wolof: ''Gànnaar''; Soninke:), officially the Islamic Republic of Mauritania ( ar, الجمهورية الإسلامية ...

down to

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and the

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. It is present in coral reefs, from 30 to 70 meters deep. Its maximum length is 14.5 cm.

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three-banded butterflyfish The three-banded butterflyfish (''Chaetodon robustus'') is a species of fish in the family Chaetodontidae. It inhabits the eastern-central Atlantic Ocean, in warm tropical waters from Mauritania down to Cape Verde and the Gulf of Guinea Th ...

Fish of the East Atlantic Marine fauna of West Africa

Taxa named by Albert Günther Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Chaetodontidae-stub