The butterflyfish are a group of conspicuous tropical marine fish of the family Chaetodontidae; the bannerfish and coralfish are also included in this group. The approximately 129 species in 12 genera are found mostly on the reefs of the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans. A number of species pairs occur in the Indian and Pacific Oceans, members of the huge genus Chaetodon. Learn more about Butterflyfish and bannerfish
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Common Name | Scientific Name | Conservation Status |
Banded Butterflyfish (24 videos) | Chaetodon striatus | Least concern |
Black Butterflyfish (2 videos) | Chaetodon flavirostris | Least concern |
Blackbacked Butterflyfish (9 videos) | Chaetodon melannotus | Least concern |
Blacknosed Butterflyfish (54 videos) | Johnrandallia nigrirostris | Least concern |
Blacktail Butterflyfish (1 videos) | Chaetodon austriacus | Least concern |
Blackwedged Butterflyfish (5 videos) | Chaetodon falcula | Least concern |
Blueblotch Butterflyfish (5 videos) | Chaetodon plebeius | Least concern |
Bluecheek Butterflyfish (36 videos) | Chaetodon semilarvatus | Least concern |
Bluelashed Butterflyfish (3 videos) | Chaetodon bennetti | Data deficient |
Bluestriped Butterflyfish (2 videos) | Chaetodon fremblii | Least concern |
Brown-and-white Butterflyfish (15 videos) | Hemitaurichthys zoster | Least concern |
Chevron Butterflyfish (3 videos) | Chaetodon trifascialis | Near threatened |
Copperband Butterflyfish (6 videos) | Chelmon rostratus | Least concern |
Diagonal Butterflyfish (37 videos) | Chaetodon fasciatus | Least concern |
Dotted Butterflyfish (8 videos) | Chaetodon semeion | Least concern |
Eastern Triangular Butterflyfish (1 videos) | Chaetodon baronessa | Least concern |
Eightband Butterflyfish (1 videos) | Chaetodon octofasciatus | Least concern |
False Moorish Idol (47 videos) | Heniochus diphreutes | Least concern |
Foureye Butterflyfish (18 videos) | Chaetodon capistratus | Least concern |
Fourspot Butterflyfish (8 videos) | Chaetodon quadrimaculatus | Least concern |
Goldengirdled Coralfish (1 videos) | Coradion chrysozonus | Least concern |
Hawaiian Butterflyfish (10 videos) | Chaetodon tinkeri | Least concern |
Highfin Coralfish (1 videos) | Coradion altivelis | Least concern |
Horned Bannerfish (17 videos) | Heniochus varius | Least concern |
Indian Vagabond Butterflyfish (8 videos) | Chaetodon decussatus | Least concern |
Latticed Butterflyfish (8 videos) | Chaetodon rafflesii | Least concern |
Lined Butterflyfish (21 videos) | Chaetodon lineolatus | Least concern |
Longnose Butterflyfish (38 videos) | Forcipiger longirostris | Least concern |
Mailed Butterflyfish (3 videos) | Chaetodon reticulatus | Data deficient |
Margined Coralfish (1 videos) | Chelmon marginalis | Least concern |
Masked Bannerfish (23 videos) | Heniochus monoceros | Least concern |
Melon Butterflyfish (10 videos) | Chaetodon trifasciatus | Least concern |
Millet Butterflyfish (8 videos) | Chaetodon miliaris | Least concern |
Moorish Idol (253 videos) | Zanclus cornutus | Not Available |
Ornate Butterflyfish (31 videos) | Chaetodon ornatissimus | Least concern |
Oval Butterflyfish (14 videos) | Chaetodon lunulatus | Least concern |
Pacific Double-saddle Butterflyfish (13 videos) | Chaetodon ulietensis | Least concern |
Pennant Coralfish (80 videos) | Heniochus acuminatus | Least concern |
Phantom Bannerfish (7 videos) | Heniochus pleurotaenia | Least concern |
Philippine Butterflyfish (17 videos) | Chaetodon adiergastos | Least concern |
Pyramid Butterflyfish (84 videos) | Hemitaurichthys polylepis | Least concern |
Raccoon Butterflyfish (58 videos) | Chaetodon lunula | Least concern |
Red Sea Bannerfish (52 videos) | Heniochus intermedius | Least concern |
Redtail Butterflyfish (24 videos) | Chaetodon collare | Least concern |
Reef Butterflyfish (6 videos) | Chaetodon sedentarius | Least concern |
Saddle Butterflyfish (31 videos) | Chaetodon ephippium | Least concern |
Scrawled Butterflyfish (5 videos) | Chaetodon meyeri | Least concern |
Singular Bannerfish (6 videos) | Heniochus singularius | Least concern |
Speckled Butterflyfish (5 videos) | Chaetodon citrinellus | Least concern |
Spot-nape Butterflyfish (12 videos) | Chaetodon oxycephalus | Least concern |
Spotband Butterflyfish (1 videos) | Chaetodon punctatofasciatus | Least concern |
Spotfin Butterflyfish (6 videos) | Chaetodon ocellatus | Least concern |
Sunburst Butterflyfish (56 videos) | Chaetodon kleinii | Least concern |
Teardrop Butterflyfish (15 videos) | Chaetodon unimaculatus | Least concern |
Threadfin Butterflyfish (26 videos) | Chaetodon auriga | Least concern |
Threeband Pennantfish (17 videos) | Heniochus chrysostomus | Least concern |
Triangle Butterflyfish (2 videos) | Chaetodon triangulum | Least concern |
Twospot Coralfish (1 videos) | Coradion melanopus | Least concern |
Vagabond Butterflyfish (11 videos) | Chaetodon vagabundus | Least concern |
Yellow Longnose Butterflyfish (9 videos) | Forcipiger flavissimus | Least concern |
Yellow Teardrop Butterflyfish (3 videos) | Chaetodon interruptus | Least concern |
Yellow-dotted Butterflyfish (6 videos) | Chaetodon selene | Least concern |
Zanzibar Butterflyfish (4 videos) | Chaetodon zanzibarensis | Least concern |