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Created 9/16/2013

Family Chaetodontidae

HAWAII

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Mala Wharf, Maui
 

HYBRID MULTIBAND FOURSPOT BUTTERFLYFISH

Endemic Hawaiian species are known to interbreed with others, producing rare and unusual hybrid offspring.  This is a cross between the endemic species, Chaetodon multicinctus and Indo-Pacific Chaetodon quadrimaculatus.