| Pearlscale butterflyfish | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Acanthuriformes |
| Family: | Chaetodontidae |
| Genus: | Chaetodon |
| Subgenus: | Rhombochaetodon |
| Species: | C. xanthurus
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| Binomial name | |
| Chaetodon xanthurus Bleeker, 1857
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The pearlscale butterflyfish (Chaetodon xanthurus), also known as yellow-tailed butterflyfish, crosshatch butterflyfish or Philippines chevron butterflyfish is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a butterflyfish belonging to the family Chaetodontidae.
- ^ Myers, R.F.; Pratchett, M. (2010). "Chaetodon xanthurus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T165656A6082636. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T165656A6082636.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.