Presence of Postflexion Spotfin Butterflyfish, Chaetodon ocellatus (Chaetodontidae), in a Southern Maine Estuary, Gulf of Maine

Michelle E. Furbeck¹, Leland W. Pollock¹, Jeremy W. Miller¹, and Jason S. Goldstein^1,*

¹Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve, Maine Coastal Ecology Center, Wells, ME 04090. *Corresponding author.

Northeastern Naturalist, Volume 26, Issue 4 (2019): N52–N55

Abstract
A postflexion (tholichthys-stage) Chaetodon ocellatus (Spotfin Butterflyfish) was captured in a Southern Maine estuary in October 2017. As the Gulf of Maine continues its current warming trend, we anticipate an increase in the presence of such transient tropical species.

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