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Brown butterflyfish

Chaetodon collare Bloch, 1787

Status not recordedbony fish

The brown butterflyfish (Chaetodon collare) is a species in the family Chaetodontidae, order Acanthuriformes.

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Quick facts about the brown butterflyfish

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the brown butterflyfish live?

Not recorded

Is the brown butterflyfish endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the brown butterflyfish classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderAcanthuriformes
  5. familyChaetodontidae
  6. genusChaetodon
  7. SpeciesChaetodon collare Bloch, 1787

Synonyms Chaetodon collare duplicicollis, Chaetodon collaris, Chaetodon fowleri, Chaetodon parallelus, Chaetodon praetextatus, Chaetodon viridis, Chaetodontops collare

Other names and names in other languages (35)
  • Collare butterflyfishEnglish
  • Collared butterflyfishEnglish
  • Head-band butterflyfishEnglish
  • Pakistani butterflyfishEnglish
  • Red tailed butterflyEnglish
  • Red-tailed butterflyfishEnglish
  • Redtail butterflyfishEnglish
  • Whitecollar butterflyfishEnglish
  • MushatArabic
  • Peix papallona de Sri LankaCatalan
  • klipka obojkováCzech
  • KravefanefiskDanish
  • Halsband-FalterfischGerman
  • Pez Mariposa de CollarSpanish
  • Chétodon à collierFrench
  • Pesce farfalla pakistanoItalian
  • DebamMalay
  • WitkraagkoraalvlinderDutch
  • Peixe-borboleta-de-cauda-vermelhaPortuguese
  • Пакистанская рыба-бабочкаRussian
  • ผีเสื้อคอขาวThai
  • Paru-paroroot
  • 領蝴蝶魚Chinese
  • Misht collareArabic
  • Poisson-papillon à collier blancFrench
  • Pesce farfalla coda rossaItalian
  • Pesce farfalla dal collareItalian
  • ปลาผีเสื้อคอขาวThai
  • PhisueakhokhaoThai
  • പക്കിക്കടിയന്root
  • പക്കി ക്കടിയroot
  • Alibangbangroot
  • Kepe kalongroot
  • Kepe kepe tikarroot
  • Pakkikkadiyaroot

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the brown butterflyfish

Other species in the same genus Chaetodon.

Racoon

Chaetodon lunula

ChaetodontidaeNo free photo yet

Threadfin

Chaetodon auriga

ChaetodontidaeNo free photo yet

Butterbun

Chaetodon capistratus

ChaetodontidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the brown butterflyfish?

The brown butterflyfish (Chaetodon collare) belongs to the family Chaetodontidae in the order Acanthuriformes.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Brown butterflyfish (Chaetodon collare). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/brown-butterflyfish

MLA

“Brown butterflyfish (Chaetodon collare).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/brown-butterflyfish.

BibTeX
@misc{brown_butterflyfish_2026,
  title = {Brown butterflyfish (Chaetodon collare)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/brown-butterflyfish},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}