🦋 Family

Chaetodontidae

82 species · Animals

Animalia › Chordata › › Perciformes › Chaetodontidae

Chaetodon triangulum, the triangle butterflyfish, is an Indian Ocean territorial obligate corallivore closely associated with Acropora corals.

Chaetodon tricinctus, the three-striped butterflyfish, is a marine butterflyfish native to the Tasman Sea.

Chaetodon trifascialis, the chevron butterflyfish, is an Indo-Pacific reef fish that feeds on Acropora coral.

Chaetodon ulietensis, the Pacific double-saddle butterflyfish, is a reef-dwelling butterflyfish found in the Pacific region.

Chaetodon unimaculatus, the teardrop butterflyfish, is a distinctive reef fish found across the eastern Indian and western Pacific Oceans.

Chaetodon wiebeli is a yellow-banded butterflyfish found in western Pacific reefs that feeds on algae, invertebrates and coral polyps.

Chaetodon xanthocephalus, the yellowhead butterflyfish, is an Indian Ocean tropical fish with distinct color patterns and specific breeding biology.

Pearlscale butterflyfish (Chaetodon xanthurus) is a reef-dwelling fish popular in the aquarium hobby.

Parachaetodon ocellatus is an Indo-Pacific reef butterflyfish with distinct body bands and a maximum length of 18 cm.

Prognathodes aculeatus, the longsnout butterflyfish, is a small reef fish with a distinctive long snout found in the western Atlantic.

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