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Hooded butterflyfish

Chaetodon larvatus Cuvier, 1831

Status not recordedbony fish

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

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Quick facts about the hooded 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 hooded butterflyfish live?

Not recorded

Is the hooded 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 hooded butterflyfish classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderAcanthuriformes
  5. familyChaetodontidae
  6. genusChaetodon
  7. SpeciesChaetodon larvatus Cuvier, 1831

Synonyms Chaetodon karraf, Gonochaetodon larvatus

Other names and names in other languages (18)
  • Blue chevron butterflyfishEnglish
  • Masked butterflyfishEnglish
  • Orange-face ButtterflyfishEnglish
  • Orangeface butterflyfishEnglish
  • Red sea butterflyfishEnglish
  • Peix papallona monarcaCatalan
  • klipka škraboškováCzech
  • Orangehovedet FanefiskDanish
  • Masken-FalterfischGerman
  • Pez Mariposa MonarcaSpanish
  • Poisson-papillon marquéFrench
  • Pesce farfalla dal cappuccioItalian
  • RoodkopkoraalvlinderDutch
  • Peixe-borboleta-de-face-laranjaPortuguese
  • Рыжеголовая рыба-бабочкаRussian
  • Orangekopf-FalterfischGerman
  • Pesce farfalla faccia arancioneItalian
  • Pesce farfalla incappucciatoItalian

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the hooded 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 hooded butterflyfish?

The hooded butterflyfish (Chaetodon larvatus) belongs to the family Chaetodontidae in the order Acanthuriformes.

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Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Hooded butterflyfish (Chaetodon larvatus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/hooded-butterflyfish

MLA

“Hooded butterflyfish (Chaetodon larvatus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/hooded-butterflyfish.

BibTeX
@misc{hooded_butterflyfish_2026,
  title = {Hooded butterflyfish (Chaetodon larvatus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/hooded-butterflyfish},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}