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Indian Ocean teardrop butterflyfish

Chaetodon interruptus

Indian Ocean teardrop butterflyfish

Yellow teardrop butterflyfish

Distribution: from Eastern Africa to Sumatra. Common for example in Reunion Island‘s lagoons.

Replaced by the looking-like Chaetodon unimaculatus in the Pacific Ocean.

Spots where Chaetodon interruptus has been spotted by snorkelers

Chaetodon interruptus snorkeling pictures

at Trou-aux-Biches (Mauritius)
© mibouvet

at Blue Bay (Mauritius)
© mcpeff

at Lagon de la Saline (Réunion Island)

at Lagon de l’Hermitage (Réunion Island)

at L’Etang Salé (Réunion Island)

at L’Etang Salé (Réunion Island)
© danode

at L’Etang Salé (Réunion Island)

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