Chaetodontidae

Butterflyfishes

136 species

1. 1Amphichaetodon howensis (Waite, 1903) · Lord Howe Island butterflyfishocean · temperate · reef
2. 2Amphichaetodon melbae Burgess & Caldwell, 1978 · Narrow-barred butterflyfishocean · subtropical · reef
3. 3Chaetodon adiergastos Seale, 1910 · Philippine butterflyfishocean · tropical · reef
4. 4Chaetodon andamanensis Kuiter & Debelius, 1999 · Andaman butterflyfishocean · tropical · reef
5. 5Chaetodon argentatus Smith & Radcliffe, 1911 · Asian butterflyfishocean · tropical · reef
6. 6Chaetodon assarius Waite, 1905 · West Australian butterflyfishocean · tropical · reef
7. 7Chaetodon aureofasciatus Macleay, 1878 · Golden butterflyfishbrackish · ocean · tropical · reef
8. 8Chaetodon auriga Forsskål, 1775 · Threadfin butterflyfishocean · tropical · reef
9. 9Chaetodon auripes Jordan & Snyder, 1901 · Oriental butterflyfishocean · tropical · reef
10. 10Chaetodon austriacus Rüppell, 1836 · Blacktail butterflyfishocean · tropical · reef
11. 11Chaetodon baronessa Cuvier, 1829 · Eastern triangular butterflyfishocean · tropical · reef
12. 12Chaetodon bennetti Cuvier, 1831 · Bluelashed butterflyfishocean · tropical · reef
13. 13Chaetodon blackburnii Desjardins, 1836 · Brownburnieocean · tropical · reef
14. 14Chaetodon burgessi Allen & Starck, 1973 · Burgess' butterflyfishocean · tropical · reef
15. 15Chaetodon capistratus Linnaeus, 1758 · Foureye butterflyfishocean · subtropical · reef
16. 16Chaetodon citrinellus Cuvier, 1831 · Speckled butterflyfishocean · tropical · reef
17. 17Chaetodon collare Bloch, 1787 · Redtail butterflyfishocean · tropical · reef
18. 18Chaetodon daedalma Jordan & Fowler, 1902 · Wrought iron butterflyfishocean · subtropical · reef
19. 19Chaetodon declivis Randall, 1975 · Marquesas butterflyfishocean · tropical · reef
20. 20Chaetodon decussatus Cuvier, 1829 · Indian vagabond butterflyfishocean · tropical · reef
21. 21Chaetodon dialeucos Salm & Mee, 1989 · Oman butterflyfishocean · tropical · reef
22. 22Chaetodon dolosus Ahl, 1923 · African butterflyfishocean · tropical · reef
23. 23Chaetodon ephippium Cuvier, 1831 · Saddle butterflyfishocean · tropical · reef
24. 24Chaetodon falcula Bloch, 1795 · Blackwedged butterflyfishocean · tropical · reef
25. 25Chaetodon fasciatus Forsskål, 1775 · Diagonal butterflyfishocean · tropical · reef
26. 26Chaetodon flavirostris Günther, 1874 · Black butterflyfishbrackish · ocean · tropical · reef
27. 27Chaetodon flavocoronatus Myers, 1980 · Yellow-crowned butterflyfishocean · tropical · reef
28. 28Chaetodon fremblii Bennett, 1828 · Bluestriped butterflyfishocean · tropical · reef
29. 29Chaetodon gardineri Norman, 1939 · Gardner's butterflyfishocean · tropical · reef
30. 30Chaetodon guentheri Ahl, 1923 · Crochet butterflyfishocean · tropical · reef
31. 31Chaetodon guttatissimus Bennett, 1833 · Peppered butterflyfishocean · tropical · reef
32. 32Chaetodon hoefleri Steindachner, 1881 · Four-banded butterflyfishocean · subtropical · reef
33. 33Chaetodon humeralis Günther, 1860 · Threebanded butterflyfishocean · tropical · reef
34. 34Chaetodon interruptus Ahl, 1923 · Yellow teardrop butterflyfishocean · tropical · reef
35. 35Chaetodon kleinii Bloch, 1790 · Sunburst butterflyfishocean · tropical · reef
36. 36Chaetodon larvatus Cuvier, 1831 · Hooded butterflyfishocean · tropical · reef
37. 37Chaetodon leucopleura Playfair, 1867 · Somali butterflyfishocean · tropical · reef
38. 38Chaetodon lineolatus Cuvier, 1831 · Lined butterflyfishocean · tropical · reef
39. 39Chaetodon litus Randall & Caldwell, 1973 · Easter Island butterflyfishocean · subtropical · reef
40. 40Chaetodon lunula (Lacepède, 1802) · Raccoon butterflyfishocean · tropical · reef
41. 41Chaetodon lunulatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1825 · Oval butterflyfishocean · tropical · reef
42. 42Chaetodon madagaskariensis Ahl, 1923 · Seychelles butterflyfishocean · tropical · reef
43. 43Chaetodon marleyi Regan, 1921 · Doublesash butterflyfishbrackish · ocean · subtropical · reef
44. 44Chaetodon melannotus Bloch & Schneider, 1801 · Blackback butterflyfishocean · tropical · reef
45. 45Chaetodon melapterus Guichenot, 1863 · Arabian butterflyfishocean · tropical · reef
46. 46Chaetodon mertensii Cuvier, 1831 · Mertens' Butterflyfishocean · tropical · reef
47. 47Chaetodon mesoleucos Forsskål, 1775 · White-face butterflyfishocean · tropical · reef
48. 48Chaetodon meyeri Bloch & Schneider, 1801 · Scrawled butterflyfishocean · tropical · reef
49. 49Chaetodon miliaris Quoy & Gaimard, 1825 · Millet butterflyfishocean · tropical · reef
50. 50Chaetodon mitratus Günther, 1860 · Indian butterflyfishocean · tropical · reef
51. 51Chaetodon multicinctus Garrett, 1863 · Pebbled butterflyfishocean · tropical · reef
52. 52Chaetodon nigropunctatus Sauvage, 1880 · Black-spotted butterflyfishocean · tropical · reef
53. 53Chaetodon nippon Steindachner & Döderlein, 1883 · Japanese butterflyfishocean · tropical · reef
54. 54Chaetodon ocellatus Bloch, 1787 · Spotfin butterflyfishocean · tropical · reef
55. 55Chaetodon ocellicaudus Cuvier, 1831 · Spot-tail butterflyfishocean · tropical · reef
56. 56Chaetodon octofasciatus Bloch, 1787 · Eightband butterflyfishocean · tropical · reef
57. 57Chaetodon ornatissimus Cuvier, 1831 · Ornate butterflyfishocean · tropical · reef
58. 58Chaetodon oxycephalus Bleeker, 1853 · Spotnape butterflyfishocean · tropical · reef
59. 59Chaetodon paucifasciatus Ahl, 1923 · Eritrean butterflyfishocean · tropical · reef
60. 60Chaetodon pelewensis Kner, 1868 · Sunset butterflyfishocean · tropical · reef
61. 61Chaetodon pictus Forsskål, 1775 · Horseshoe butterflyfishocean · tropical · reef
62. 62Chaetodon plebeius Cuvier, 1831 · Blueblotch butterflyfishocean · tropical · reef
63. 63Chaetodon punctatofasciatus Cuvier, 1831 · Spotband butterflyfishocean · tropical · reef
64. 64Chaetodon quadrimaculatus Gray, 1831 · Fourspot butterflyfishocean · tropical · reef
65. 65Chaetodon rafflesii Anonymous [Bennett], 1830 · Lattice butterflyfishbrackish · ocean · tropical · reef
66. 66Chaetodon rainfordi McCulloch, 1923 · Rainford's butterflyfishocean · tropical · reef
67. 67Chaetodon reticulatus Cuvier, 1831 · Mailed butterflyfishocean · tropical · reef
68. 68Chaetodon robustus Günther, 1860 · Three-banded butterflyfishocean · tropical · reef
69. 69Chaetodon sanctaehelenae Günther, 1868 · Saint Helena butterflyfishocean · tropical · reef
70. 70Chaetodon sedentarius Poey, 1860 · Reef butterflyfishocean · subtropical · reef
71. 71Chaetodon selene Bleeker, 1853 · Yellow-dotted butterflyfishocean · tropical · reef
72. 72Chaetodon semeion Bleeker, 1855 · Dotted butterflyfishocean · tropical · reef
73. 73Chaetodon semilarvatus Cuvier, 1831 · Bluecheek butterflyfishocean · tropical · reef
74. 74Chaetodon smithi Randall, 1975 · Smith's butterflyfishocean · subtropical · reef
75. 75Chaetodon speculum Cuvier, 1831 · Mirror butterflyfishocean · tropical · reef
76. 76Chaetodon striatus Linnaeus, 1758 · Banded butterflyfishocean · tropical · reef
77. 77Chaetodon tinkeri Schultz, 1951 · Hawaiian butterflyfishocean · tropical · reef
78. 78Chaetodon triangulum Cuvier, 1831 · Triangle butterflyfishocean · tropical · reef
79. 79Chaetodon trichrous Günther, 1874 · Tahiti butterflyfishocean · tropical · reef
80. 80Chaetodon tricinctus Waite, 1901 · Three-striped butterflyfishocean · subtropical · reef
81. 81Chaetodon trifascialis Quoy & Gaimard, 1825 · Chevron butterflyfishocean · tropical · reef
82. 82Chaetodon trifasciatus Park, 1797 · Melon butterflyfishocean · tropical · reef
83. 83Chaetodon ulietensis Cuvier, 1831 · Pacific double-saddle butterflyfishocean · tropical · reef
84. 84Chaetodon unimaculatus Bloch, 1787 · Teardrop butterflyfishocean · tropical · reef
85. 85Chaetodon vagabundus Linnaeus, 1758 · Vagabond butterflyfishocean · tropical · reef
86. 86Chaetodon wiebeli Kaup, 1863 · Hongkong butterflyfishocean · tropical · reef
87. 87Chaetodon xanthocephalus Bennett, 1833 · Yellowhead butterflyfishocean · tropical · reef
88. 88Chaetodon xanthurus Bleeker, 1857 · Pearlscale butterflyfishocean · tropical · reef
89. 89Chaetodon zanzibarensis Playfair, 1867 · Zanzibar butterflyfishocean · tropical · reef
90. 90Chelmon marginalis Richardson, 1842 · Margined coralfishocean · tropical · reef
91. 91Chelmon muelleri Klunzinger, 1879 · Blackfin coralfishbrackish · ocean · tropical · reef
92. 92Chelmon rostratus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Copperband butterflyfishbrackish · ocean · tropical · reef
93. 93Chelmonops curiosus Kuiter, 1986 · Western talmaocean · subtropical · reef
94. 94Chelmonops truncatus (Kner, 1859) · Eastern talmaocean · temperate · reef
95. 95Coradion altivelis McCulloch, 1916 · Highfin coralfishocean · tropical · reef
96. 96Coradion calendula Matsunuma, Motomura & Seah, 2023 · Orange-tailed coralfishocean · tropical · reef
97. 97Coradion chrysozonus (Cuvier, 1831) · Goldengirdled coralfishocean · tropical · reef
98. 98Coradion melanopus (Cuvier, 1831) · Twospot coralfishocean · tropical · reef
99. 99Forcipiger flavissimus Jordan & McGregor, 1898 · Forcepsfishocean · tropical · reef
100. 100Forcipiger longirostris (Broussonet, 1782) · Longnose butterflyfishocean · tropical · reef
101. 101Forcipiger wanai Allen, Erdmann & Jones Sbrocco, 2012 · Cenderawasih longnose butterflyfishocean · tropical · reef
102. 102Hemitaurichthys multispinosus Randall, 1975 · Many-spined butterflyfishocean · subtropical · reef
103. 103Hemitaurichthys polylepis (Bleeker, 1857) · Pyramid butterflyfishocean · tropical · reef
104. 104Hemitaurichthys thompsoni Fowler, 1923 · Thompson's butterflyfishocean · tropical · reef
105. 105Hemitaurichthys zoster (Bennett, 1831) · Brown-and-white butterflyfishocean · tropical · reef
106. 106Heniochus acuminatus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Pennant coralfishbrackish · ocean · tropical · reef
107. 107Heniochus chrysostomus Cuvier, 1831 · Pennant bannerfishocean · tropical · reef
108. 108Heniochus diphreutes Jordan, 1903 · False moorish idolocean · subtropical · reef
109. 109Heniochus intermedius Steindachner, 1893 · Red Sea bannerfishocean · tropical · reef
110. 110Heniochus monoceros Cuvier, 1831 · Masked bannerfishocean · tropical · reef
111. 111Heniochus pleurotaenia Ahl, 1923 · Phantom bannerfishocean · tropical · reef
112. 112Heniochus singularius Smith & Radcliffe, 1911 · Singular bannerfishocean · tropical · reef
113. 113Heniochus varius (Cuvier, 1829) · Horned bannerfishocean · tropical · reef
114. 114Johnrandallia nigrirostris (Gill, 1862) · Blacknosed butterflyfishocean · tropical · reef
115. 115Parachaetodon ocellatus (Cuvier, 1831) · Sixspine butterflyfishocean · tropical · reef
116. 116Prognathodes aculeatus (Poey, 1860) · Longsnout butterflyfishocean · tropical · reef
117. 117Prognathodes aya (Jordan, 1886) · Bank butterflyfishocean · subtropical · reef
118. 118Prognathodes basabei Pyle & Kosaki, 2016 · Orange margin butterflyfishocean · tropical
119. 119Prognathodes brasiliensis Burgess, 2001ocean · subtropical
120. 120Prognathodes carlhubbsi Nalbant, 1995ocean · tropical · reef
121. 121Prognathodes dichrous (Günther, 1869) · Bicolor butterflyfishocean · tropical · reef
122. 122Prognathodes falcifer (Hubbs & Rechnitzer, 1958) · Scythemarked butterflyfishocean · subtropical · reef
123. 123Prognathodes geminus Copus, Pyle, Greene & Randall, 2019 · Twin butterflyfishocean · tropical
124. 124Prognathodes guezei (Maugé & Bauchot, 1976) · Gueze's butterflyfishocean · tropical · reef
125. 125Prognathodes guyanensis (Durand, 1960) · French butterflyfishocean · tropical · reef
126. 126Prognathodes guyotensis (Yamamoto & Tameka, 1982)ocean · deep-water
127. 127Prognathodes marcellae (Poll, 1950)ocean · tropical · reef
128. 128Prognathodes obliquus (Lubbock & Edwards, 1980) · Oblique butterflyfishocean · tropical
129. 129Roa australis Kuiter, 2004 · Triple-banded butterflyfishocean · tropical
130. 130Roa excelsa (Jordan, 1921) · Hawaiian gold-barred butterflyfishocean · tropical · reef
131. 131Roa haraguchiae Uejo, Senou & Motomura, 2020 · White-spine butterfyfshocean · tropical · reef
132. 132Roa jayakari (Norman, 1939) · Indian golden-barred butterflyfishocean · tropical · reef
133. 133Roa modesta (Temminck & Schlegel, 1844) · Brown-banded butterflyfishocean · tropical · reef
134. 134Roa rumsfeldi Rocha, Pinheiro, Wandell, Rocha & Shepherd, 2017 · Deep-blackfin butterflyfishocean · tropical · reef
135. 135Roa semilunaris Matsunuma & Motomura, 2022 · Half-moon barred butterflyfishocean · tropical · reef
136. 136Roa uejoi Matsunuma & Motomura, 2022 · Guam barred butterflyfishocean · tropical · reef

Source: FishBase v25.04 (fishbase.org), via cboettig/fishbase, fetched 2026-10-18.