Animalia > Chordata > Perciformes > Chaetodontidae > Chaetodon > Chaetodon lunulatus

Chaetodon lunulatus (Lineated butterfly-fish; Oval butterflyfish; Pacific pinstriped butterflyfish; Pinstripe butterflyfish; Redfin butterflyfish; Red-striped butterfly-fish; Striped butterflyfish)

Language: Carolinian; Cebuano; Davawenyo; Hawaiian; Ilokano; Kagayanen; Mandarin Chinese; Tagalog; Tahitian; Tuamotuan; Waray-waray

Wikipedia Abstract

The Oval Butterflyfish, Red-finned Butterflyfish or redfin butterflyfish (Chaetodon lunulatus) is a species of butterflyfish (family Chaetodontidae). It is found in the Pacific Ocean from Eastern Indonesia to the Hawaiian islands. This is one species of a closely related group which includes the Blacktail butterflyfish which is found in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden and the Melon butterflyfish which is found in the Indian Ocean.
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Prey / Diet

Acropora nasuta (Staghorn coral)[1]
Omphyma turbinata (Staghorn coral)[1]
Pocillopora damicornis (Brush coral)[1]
Porites lobata (Finger coral)[1]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Aponurus chelebesoi[2]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1DIETARY SELECTION BY CORAL-FEEDING BUTTERFLYFISHES (CHAETODONTIDAE) ON THE GREAT BARRIER REEF, AUSTRALIA, Morgan S. Pratchett, THE RAFFLES BULLETIN OF ZOOLOGY 2007 Supplement No. 14: 171-176
♦ 2Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0