Family

Chaetodontidae

82 species · Animals

Animalia › Chordata › › Perciformes › Chaetodontidae

Indian Teardrop Butterflyfish

Chaetodon interruptus Ahl, 1923

Chaetodon interruptus, the yellow teardrop butterflyfish, is an Indian Ocean reef-dwelling butterflyfish with a distinctive teardrop-shaped black flank marking.

Blacklip Butterflyfish

Chaetodon kleinii Bloch, 1790

Chaetodon kleinii, the sunburst butterflyfish, is an Indo-Pacific oviparous omnivore kept in marine aquaria.

Lined Butterflyfish

Chaetodon lineolatus Cuvier, 1831

Chaetodon lineolatus, the lined butterflyfish, is a large Indo-Pacific reef fish with specific feeding habits and monogamous social mating.

Seychelles Butterflyfish

Chaetodon madagaskariensis Ahl, 1923

Chaetodon madagaskariensis, the Seychelles butterflyfish, is an Indian Ocean reef butterflyfish species growing to 13 cm long.

Marley's butterflyfish

Chaetodon marleyi Regan, 1921

Chaetodon marleyi, the doublesash butterflyfish, is a small Southern African reef fish that feeds on algae and benthic invertebrates.

Blackback Butterflyfish

Chaetodon melannotus Bloch & Schneider, 1801

Chaetodon melannotus, the black-backed butterflyfish, is a widespread Indo-Pacific coral-feeding butterflyfish that is easy to keep in aquariums.

Mertens' Butterflyfish

Chaetodon mertensii Cuvier, 1831

Chaetodon mertensii is a small Pacific butterflyfish that lives on reefs and feeds on algae and small invertebrates.

Meyer's Butterflyfish

Chaetodon meyeri Bloch & Schneider, 1801

Chaetodon meyeri, the scrawled butterflyfish, is an oviparous Indo-Pacific obligate coral-feeding reef fish.

Milletseed Butterflyfish

Chaetodon miliaris Quoy & Gaimard, 1825

The millet butterflyfish, Chaetodon miliaris, is a Hawaiian-Johnston Atoll endemic fish sometimes kept in aquariums, assessed as least concern.

Pebbled Butterflyfish

Chaetodon multicinctus Garrett, 1863

Chaetodon multicinctus, the pebbled butterflyfish, is a small reef-associated Pacific fish with distinctive vertical body bands.

Spot-tail Butterflyfish

Chaetodon ocellicaudus Cuvier, 1831

Chaetodon ocellicaudus, the Spot-tailed Butterflyfish, is a Indo-Pacific coral reef butterflyfish that feeds on soft coral polyps.

Eightband Butterflyfish

Chaetodon octofasciatus Bloch, 1787

Chaetodon octofasciatus, the eightband butterflyfish, is a small Indo-Pacific reef fish that feeds only on coral polyps.

Spotnape Butterflyfish

Chaetodon oxycephalus Bleeker, 1853

Chaetodon oxycephalus, the spot-naped butterflyfish, is an Indo-West Pacific reef-dwelling marine butterflyfish that feeds on coral polyps and anemones.

Crown Butterflyfish

Chaetodon paucifasciatus Ahl, 1923

Chaetodon paucifasciatus, the Eritrean butterflyfish, is a Red Sea butterflyfish popular in the aquarium trade.

Dot-and-dash Butterflyfish

Chaetodon pelewensis Kner, 1868

Chaetodon pelewensis, the dot dash butterflyfish, is a small southern Pacific coral reef butterflyfish that hybridizes with spotband butterflyfish.

Bluespot Butterflyfish

Chaetodon plebeius Cuvier, 1831

Chaetodon plebeius, the blueblotch butterflyfish, is a small Indo-Pacific reef-dwelling corallivorous butterflyfish.

Spotbanded Butterflyfish

Chaetodon punctatofasciatus Cuvier, 1831

Chaetodon punctatofasciatus, the spot-banded butterflyfish, is an Indo-West Pacific fish species growing up to 12 cm long.

Fourspot Butterflyfish

Chaetodon quadrimaculatus Gray, 1831

Chaetodon quadrimaculatus, the fourspot butterflyfish, is a Pacific coral-eating butterflyfish commonly kept in marine aquariums.

Lattice Butterflyfish

Chaetodon rafflesii Anonymous

Chaetodon rafflesii, the latticed butterflyfish, is a reef-dwelling, yellow-patterned coral-feeding fish found in the Indian and Pacific Oceans.

Reticulate Butterflyfish

Chaetodon reticulatus Cuvier, 1831

The mailed butterflyfish (Chaetodon reticulatus) is an oviparous obligate coral-eating butterflyfish found in the western central Pacific.

Dotted Butterflyfish

Chaetodon semeion Bleeker, 1855

Chaetodon semeion, the dotted butterflyfish, is a yellow Indo-Pacific reef fish that feeds on benthic invertebrates and ascidians.

Masked Butterflyfish

Chaetodon semilarvatus Cuvier, 1831

Chaetodon semilarvatus, the bluecheek butterflyfish, is a yellow butterflyfish found in the northwestern Indian Ocean’s coral reefs.

Oval-spot Butterflyfish

Chaetodon speculum Cuvier, 1831

Chaetodon speculum (mirror butterflyfish) is an Indo-Pacific coral reef butterflyfish that grows up to 18 cm long, feeding on coral polyps and invertebrates.