THE NATURAL-HISTORY CATALOGUE
A branch of the living world.
110,000 accepted animal species, linked through classification, synonyms, distributions and source literature.
These attributed records come from Catalogue of Life, 2026-09-11. Detail varies; they are not all fully researched, illustrated articles. Browse researched folklore and fiction.
Matches documented source distribution records. Geographic coverage is incomplete.
Family: Chaetodontidae · Clear filter
78 records · page 1 of 2
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Chaetodon adiergastos Seale, 1910 | ChaetodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chaetodon argentatus Smith & Radcliffe, 1911 | ChaetodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chaetodon aureofasciatus MacLeay, 1878 | ChaetodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| threadfin butterflyfishChaetodon auriga Forsskål, 1775 | ChaetodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| blacktail butterflyfishChaetodon austriacus Rüppell, 1836 | ChaetodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chaetodon baronessa Cuvier, 1829 | ChaetodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| bluelashed butterflyfishChaetodon bennetti Cuvier, 1831 | ChaetodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chaetodon burgessi Allen & Starck, 1973 | ChaetodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chaetodon citrinellus Cuvier, 1831 | ChaetodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chaetodon daedalma Jordan & Fowler, 1902 | ChaetodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chaetodon dialeucos Salm & Mee, 1989 | ChaetodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| African butterflyfishChaetodon dolosus Ahl, 1923 | ChaetodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chaetodon ephippium Cuvier, 1831 | ChaetodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chaetodon guentheri Ahl, 1923 | ChaetodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| peppered butterflyfishChaetodon guttatissimus Bennett, 1833 | ChaetodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chaetodon hoefleri Steindachner, 1881 | ChaetodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| sunburst butterflyfishChaetodon kleinii Bloch, 1790 | ChaetodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Somali butterflyfishChaetodon leucopleura Playfair, 1867 | ChaetodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| lined butterflyfishChaetodon lineolatus Cuvier, 1831 | ChaetodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chaetodon litus Randall & Caldwell, 1973 | ChaetodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chaetodon madagaskariensis Ahl, 1923 | ChaetodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| blackback butterflyfishChaetodon melannotus Bloch & Schneider, 1801 | ChaetodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Arabian butterflyfishChaetodon melapterus Guichenot, 1863 | ChaetodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chaetodon mertensii Cuvier, 1831 | ChaetodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| paleface butterflyfishChaetodon mesoleucos Forsskål, 1775 | ChaetodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chaetodon miliaris Quoy & Gaimard, 1825 | ChaetodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chaetodon ocellicaudus Cuvier, 1831 | ChaetodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chaetodon oxycephalus Bleeker, 1853 | ChaetodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Eritrean butterflyfishChaetodon paucifasciatus Ahl, 1923 | ChaetodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chaetodon plebeius Cuvier, 1831 | ChaetodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chaetodon quadrimaculatus Gray, 1831 | ChaetodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chaetodon rafflesii Anonymous [Bennett], 1830 | ChaetodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chaetodon reticulatus Cuvier, 1831 | ChaetodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chaetodon robustus Günther, 1860 | ChaetodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Saint Helena butterflyfishChaetodon sanctaehelenae Günther, 1868 | ChaetodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chaetodon smithi Randall, 1975 | ChaetodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| banded butterflyfishChaetodon striatus Linnaeus, 1758 | ChaetodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| chevron butterflyfishChaetodon trifascialis Quoy & Gaimard, 1825 | ChaetodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| melon butterflyfishChaetodon trifasciatus Park, 1797 | ChaetodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pacific doublesaddle butterflyfishChaetodon ulietensis Cuvier, 1831 | ChaetodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| teardrop butterflyfishChaetodon unimaculatus Bloch, 1787 | ChaetodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| yellowhead butterflyfishChaetodon xanthocephalus Bennett, 1833 | ChaetodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chaetodon zanzibarensis Playfair, 1867 | ChaetodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chelmon marginalis Richardson, 1842 | ChaetodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| copperband butterflyfishChelmon rostratus (Linnaeus, 1758) | ChaetodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Coradion altivelis McCulloch, 1916 | ChaetodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Coradion melanopus (Cuvier, 1831) | ChaetodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| longnose butterflyfishForcipiger longirostris (Broussonet, 1782) | ChaetodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Forcipiger wanai Allen, Erdmann & Jones Sbrocco, 2012 | ChaetodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hemitaurichthys multispinosus Randall, 1975 | ChaetodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
78 records · page 1 of 2
Source and selection
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n
First records in source order under phylum quotas, then source-order overflow if a quota is short. This is a selective snapshot. Source name strings can include author names, which are also searchable.