136 Species in Family Chaetodontidae
Nominal species list for Chaetodontidae
Scientific Name Author English Name
Amphichaetodon howensis (Waite, 1903) Lord Howe Island butterflyfish
Amphichaetodon melbae Burgess & Caldwell, 1978 Narrow-barred butterflyfish
Chaetodon adiergastos Seale, 1910 Philippine butterflyfish
Chaetodon andamanensis Kuiter & Debelius, 1999 Andaman butterflyfish
Chaetodon argentatus Smith & Radcliffe, 1911 Asian butterflyfish
Chaetodon assarius Waite, 1905 West Australian butterflyfish
Chaetodon aureofasciatus Macleay, 1878 Golden butterflyfish
Chaetodon auriga Forsskål, 1775 Threadfin butterflyfish
Chaetodon auripes Jordan & Snyder, 1901 Oriental butterflyfish
Chaetodon austriacus Rüppell, 1836 Blacktail butterflyfish
Chaetodon baronessa Cuvier, 1829 Eastern triangular butterflyfish
Chaetodon bennetti Cuvier, 1831 Bluelashed butterflyfish
Chaetodon blackburnii Desjardins, 1836 Brownburnie
Chaetodon burgessi Allen & Starck, 1973 Burgess' butterflyfish
Chaetodon capistratus Linnaeus, 1758 Foureye butterflyfish
Chaetodon citrinellus Cuvier, 1831 Speckled butterflyfish
Chaetodon collare Bloch, 1787 Redtail butterflyfish
Chaetodon daedalma Jordan & Fowler, 1902 Wrought iron butterflyfish
Chaetodon declivis Randall, 1975 Marquesas butterflyfish
Chaetodon decussatus Cuvier, 1829 Indian vagabond butterflyfish
Chaetodon dialeucos Salm & Mee, 1989 Oman butterflyfish
Chaetodon dolosus Ahl, 1923 African butterflyfish
Chaetodon ephippium Cuvier, 1831 Saddle butterflyfish
Chaetodon falcula Bloch, 1795 Blackwedged butterflyfish
Chaetodon fasciatus Forsskål, 1775 Diagonal butterflyfish
Chaetodon flavirostris Günther, 1874 Black butterflyfish
Chaetodon flavocoronatus Myers, 1980 Yellow-crowned butterflyfish
Chaetodon fremblii Bennett, 1828 Bluestriped butterflyfish
Chaetodon gardineri Norman, 1939 Gardner's butterflyfish
Chaetodon guentheri Ahl, 1923 Crochet butterflyfish
Chaetodon guttatissimus Bennett, 1833 Peppered butterflyfish
Chaetodon hoefleri Steindachner, 1881 Four-banded butterflyfish
Chaetodon humeralis Günther, 1860 Threebanded butterflyfish
Chaetodon interruptus Ahl, 1923 Yellow teardrop butterflyfish
Chaetodon kleinii Bloch, 1790 Sunburst butterflyfish
Chaetodon larvatus Cuvier, 1831 Hooded butterflyfish
Chaetodon leucopleura Playfair, 1867 Somali butterflyfish
Chaetodon lineolatus Cuvier, 1831 Lined butterflyfish
Chaetodon litus Randall & Caldwell, 1973 Easter Island butterflyfish
Chaetodon lunula (Lacepède, 1802) Raccoon butterflyfish
Chaetodon lunulatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1825 Oval butterflyfish
Chaetodon madagaskariensis Ahl, 1923 Seychelles butterflyfish
Chaetodon marleyi Regan, 1921 Doublesash butterflyfish
Chaetodon melannotus Bloch & Schneider, 1801 Blackback butterflyfish
Chaetodon melapterus Guichenot, 1863 Arabian butterflyfish
Chaetodon mertensii Cuvier, 1831 Atoll butterflyfish
Chaetodon mesoleucos Forsskål, 1775 White-face butterflyfish
Chaetodon meyeri Bloch & Schneider, 1801 Scrawled butterflyfish
Chaetodon miliaris Quoy & Gaimard, 1825 Millet butterflyfish
Chaetodon mitratus Günther, 1860 Indian butterflyfish
Chaetodon multicinctus Garrett, 1863 Pebbled butterflyfish
Chaetodon nigropunctatus Sauvage, 1880 Black-spotted butterflyfish
Chaetodon nippon Steindachner & Döderlein, 1883 Japanese butterflyfish
Chaetodon ocellatus Bloch, 1787 Spotfin butterflyfish
Chaetodon ocellicaudus Cuvier, 1831 Spot-tail butterflyfish
Chaetodon octofasciatus Bloch, 1787 Eightband butterflyfish
Chaetodon ornatissimus Cuvier, 1831 Ornate butterflyfish
Chaetodon oxycephalus Bleeker, 1853 Spot-nape butterflyfish
Chaetodon paucifasciatus Ahl, 1923 Eritrean butterflyfish
Chaetodon pelewensis Kner, 1868 Sunset butterflyfish
Chaetodon pictus Forsskål, 1775 Horseshoe butterflyfish
Chaetodon plebeius Cuvier, 1831 Blueblotch butterflyfish
Chaetodon punctatofasciatus Cuvier, 1831 Spotband butterflyfish
Chaetodon quadrimaculatus Gray, 1831 Fourspot butterflyfish
Chaetodon rafflesii Anonymous [Bennett], 1830 Latticed butterflyfish
Chaetodon rainfordi McCulloch, 1923 Rainford's butterflyfish
Chaetodon reticulatus Cuvier, 1831 Mailed butterflyfish
Chaetodon robustus Günther, 1860 Three-banded butterflyfish
Chaetodon sanctaehelenae Günther, 1868 Saint Helena butterflyfish
Chaetodon sedentarius Poey, 1860 Reef butterflyfish
Chaetodon selene Bleeker, 1853 Yellow-dotted butterflyfish
Chaetodon semeion Bleeker, 1855 Dotted butterflyfish
Chaetodon semilarvatus Cuvier, 1831 Bluecheek butterflyfish
Chaetodon smithi Randall, 1975 Smith's butterflyfish
Chaetodon speculum Cuvier, 1831 Mirror butterflyfish
Chaetodon striatus Linnaeus, 1758 Banded butterflyfish
Chaetodon tinkeri Schultz, 1951 Hawaiian butterflyfish
Chaetodon triangulum Cuvier, 1831 Triangle butterflyfish
Chaetodon trichrous Günther, 1874 Tahiti butterflyfish
Chaetodon tricinctus Waite, 1901 Three-striped butterflyfish
Chaetodon trifascialis Quoy & Gaimard, 1825 Chevron butterflyfish
Chaetodon trifasciatus Park, 1797 Melon butterflyfish
Chaetodon ulietensis Cuvier, 1831 Pacific double-saddle butterflyfish
Chaetodon unimaculatus Bloch, 1787 Teardrop butterflyfish
Chaetodon vagabundus Linnaeus, 1758 Vagabond butterflyfish
Chaetodon wiebeli Kaup, 1863 Hongkong butterflyfish
Chaetodon xanthocephalus Bennett, 1833 Yellowhead butterflyfish
Chaetodon xanthurus Bleeker, 1857 Pearlscale butterflyfish
Chaetodon zanzibarensis Playfair, 1867 Zanzibar butterflyfish
Chelmon marginalis Richardson, 1842 Margined coralfish
Chelmon muelleri Klunzinger, 1879 Blackfin coralfish
Chelmon rostratus (Linnaeus, 1758) Copperband butterflyfish
Chelmonops curiosus Kuiter, 1986 Western talma
Chelmonops truncatus (Kner, 1859) Eastern talma
Coradion altivelis McCulloch, 1916 Highfin coralfish
Coradion calendula Matsunuma, Motomura & Seah, 2023 Orange-tailed coralfish
Coradion chrysozonus (Cuvier, 1831) Goldengirdled coralfish
Coradion melanopus (Cuvier, 1831) Twospot coralfish
Forcipiger flavissimus Jordan & McGregor, 1898 Longnose butterfly fish
Forcipiger longirostris (Broussonet, 1782) Longnose butterflyfish
Forcipiger wanai Allen, Erdmann & Jones Sbrocco, 2012 Cenderawasih longnose butterflyfish
Hemitaurichthys multispinosus Randall, 1975 Many-spined butterflyfish
Hemitaurichthys polylepis (Bleeker, 1857) Pyramid butterflyfish
Hemitaurichthys thompsoni Fowler, 1923 Thompson's butterflyfish
Hemitaurichthys zoster (Bennett, 1831) Brown-and-white butterflyfish
Heniochus acuminatus (Linnaeus, 1758) Pennant coralfish
Heniochus chrysostomus Cuvier, 1831 Threeband pennantfish
Heniochus diphreutes Jordan, 1903 False moorish idol
Heniochus intermedius Steindachner, 1893 Red Sea bannerfish
Heniochus monoceros Cuvier, 1831 Masked bannerfish
Heniochus pleurotaenia Ahl, 1923 Phantom bannerfish
Heniochus singularius Smith & Radcliffe, 1911 Singular bannerfish
Heniochus varius (Cuvier, 1829) Horned bannerfish
Johnrandallia nigrirostris (Gill, 1862) Blacknosed butterflyfish
Parachaetodon ocellatus (Cuvier, 1831) Sixspine butterflyfish
Prognathodes aculeatus (Poey, 1860) Longsnout butterflyfish
Prognathodes aya (Jordan, 1886) Bank butterflyfish
Prognathodes basabei Pyle & Kosaki, 2016 Orange margin butterflyfish
Prognathodes brasiliensis Burgess, 2001
Prognathodes carlhubbsi Nalbant, 1995
Prognathodes dichrous (Günther, 1869) Bicolor butterflyfish
Prognathodes falcifer (Hubbs & Rechnitzer, 1958) Scythemarked butterflyfish
Prognathodes geminus Copus, Pyle, Greene & Randall, 2019 Twin butterflyfish
Prognathodes guezei (Maugé & Bauchot, 1976) Gueze's butterflyfish
Prognathodes guyanensis (Durand, 1960) French butterflyfish
Prognathodes guyotensis (Yamamoto & Tameka, 1982)
Prognathodes marcellae (Poll, 1950)
Prognathodes obliquus (Lubbock & Edwards, 1980) Oblique butterflyfish
Roa australis Kuiter, 2004 Triple-banded butterflyfish
Roa excelsa (Jordan, 1921) Hawaiian gold-barred butterflyfish
Roa haraguchiae Uejo, Senou & Motomura, 2020 White-spine butterfyfsh
Roa jayakari (Norman, 1939) Indian golden-barred butterflyfish
Roa modesta (Temminck & Schlegel, 1844) Brown-banded butterflyfish
Roa rumsfeldi Rocha, Pinheiro, Wandell, Rocha & Shepherd, 2017 Deep-blackfin butterflyfish
Roa semilunaris Matsunuma & Motomura, 2022 Half-moon barred butterflyfish
Roa uejoi Matsunuma & Motomura, 2022 Guam barred butterflyfish
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