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Gardner's butterflyfish

Chaetodon gardineri Norman, 1939

Status not recordedbony fish

The gardner's butterflyfish (Chaetodon gardineri) is a species in the family Chaetodontidae, order Acanthuriformes.

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Quick facts about the gardner's 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 gardner's butterflyfish live?

Not recorded

Is the gardner's 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 gardner's butterflyfish classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderAcanthuriformes
  5. familyChaetodontidae
  6. genusChaetodon
  7. SpeciesChaetodon gardineri Norman, 1939

Synonyms Chaetodon gardneri

Other names and names in other languages (9)
  • Gardiner's butterflyfishEnglish
  • سمك الفراشة غاردينرArabic
  • Peix papallona persaCatalan
  • klipka GardinerovaCzech
  • Gardiners fanefiskDanish
  • Gardiners FalterfischGerman
  • Pez mariposa de GardinerSpanish
  • Pesce farfalla di GardinerItalian
  • Peixe-borboleta-de-GardnerPortuguese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the gardner's 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 gardner's butterflyfish?

The gardner's butterflyfish (Chaetodon gardineri) belongs to the family Chaetodontidae in the order Acanthuriformes.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Gardner's butterflyfish (Chaetodon gardineri). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/gardners-butterflyfish

MLA

“Gardner's butterflyfish (Chaetodon gardineri).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/gardners-butterflyfish.

BibTeX
@misc{gardners_butterflyfish_2026,
  title = {Gardner's butterflyfish (Chaetodon gardineri)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/gardners-butterflyfish},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}