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Jetto

Drepane punctata (Linnaeus, 1758)

Status not recordedbony fish

The jetto (Drepane punctata) is a species in the family Drepaneidae, order Acanthuriformes.

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Quick facts about the jetto

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 jetto live?

Not recorded

Is the jetto 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 jetto classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderAcanthuriformes
  5. familyDrepaneidae
  6. genusDrepane
  7. SpeciesDrepane punctata (Linnaeus, 1758)

Synonyms Chaetodon punctatus, Drepane punctatus, Drepanichthys punctatus, Harpochirus punctatus, Harpochris punctatus

Other names and names in other languages (27)
  • Butter-fishEnglish
  • ButterfishEnglish
  • ConcertinafishEnglish
  • PeppercornEnglish
  • Sickle-fishEnglish
  • SicklefishEnglish
  • Silver moonfishEnglish
  • Spotted batfishEnglish
  • Spotted sicklefishEnglish
  • Spotted spadefishEnglish
  • سمك المنجل المرقطArabic
  • lesklec tečkovanýCzech
  • Plettet seglfiskDanish
  • Forgeron tachetéFrench
  • ユウダチスダレダイJapanese
  • चाँदMarathi
  • Peixe-pá-pintadoPortuguese
  • Пятнистая дрепанаRussian
  • ปลาใบปอจุดThai
  • Telinga gajahroot
  • 金鏡Chinese
  • ChandMarathi
  • ปลาใบโพธิ์Thai
  • 加破埔Chinese
  • 斑點雞籠鯧Chinese
  • 銅盤仔Chinese
  • 鏡鯧Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the jetto

Other species in the same genus Drepane.

Sicklefish

Drepane longimana

DrepaneidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

What kind of animal is the jetto?

The jetto (Drepane punctata) belongs to the family Drepaneidae in the order Acanthuriformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

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

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Jetto (Drepane punctata). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/jetto

MLA

“Jetto (Drepane punctata).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/jetto.

BibTeX
@misc{jetto_2026,
  title = {Jetto (Drepane punctata)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/jetto},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}