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Original - Blackback butterflyfish (Chaetodon melannotus) on the Great Barrier Reef. It ranges from the Red Sea and East Africa to Samoa, to southern Japan and throughout Micronesia, grows up to 18 cm (c.7 in) long, and may live for up to 20 years. The dorsal portion of the body turns black when frightened.
Edit Cyan/green artefacts reduced, exposure adjusted.
Reason
Encyclopaedic composition taken in the wild. Plenty of resolution and detail.
Articles in which this image appears
Blackback butterflyfish, Chaetodon
FP category for this image
Animals/Fish
Creator
Leonard Low, edit by Papa Lima Whiskey

Which one? Makeemlighter (talk) 04:06, 18 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Chaetodon melannotus edit4.jpg --Makeemlighter (talk) 23:32, 22 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]