‹ Fish Finder· #105
Lined Butterflyfish
Chaetodon lineolatus
Bislamabataflaefis— names this kind of animal, not this species alone
- Habitat
- Reef
- Max size
- 30 cm
- Depth
- 2-171 m
- Family
- Chaetodontidae
The lined butterflyfish is a species of marine ray-finned fish. a butterflyfish belonging to the family Chaetodontidae, one of the largest species in the genus Chaetodon. It has a wide range from the Red Sea to South Africa and as far east as southern Japan and Hawaii.
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Easily confused with
Side by side, with what tells them apart.
Both are white with thin vertical lines and a large black area along the back to the tail base. Spot-nape Butterflyfish has its black eyestripe broken above the eyes, which leaves a separate black spot on the nape, and black and orange marks in its yellow fins. Lined Butterflyfish has an unbroken eyestripe and plain yellow fins, and grows far larger -- up to 30 cm, as big as a dinner plate.
See the Spot-nape Butterflyfish →
Both are white with thin vertical black lines and yellow at the rear. Pacific Doublesaddle Butterflyfish has two separate, soft-edged dark saddles on the back and a black spot on the tail base, and stays small (15 cm). Lined Butterflyfish has one continuous black band running along the back to the tail base, and reaches 30 cm.
See the Pacific Doublesaddle Butterflyfish →