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Meyer's butterfly

Chaetodon meyeri Bloch & Schneider, 1801

Status not recordedbony fish

The meyer's butterfly (Chaetodon meyeri) is a species in the family Chaetodontidae, order Acanthuriformes.

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Quick facts about the meyer's butterfly

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 meyer's butterfly live?

Not recorded

Is the meyer's butterfly 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 meyer's butterfly classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderAcanthuriformes
  5. familyChaetodontidae
  6. genusChaetodon
  7. SpeciesChaetodon meyeri Bloch & Schneider, 1801

Synonyms Holacanthus flavoniger

Other names and names in other languages (32)
  • Maypole butterflyfishEnglish
  • Meyer's butterflyfishEnglish
  • Meyer's coralfishEnglish
  • Scrawled butterflyfishEnglish
  • Peix papallona de línies negresCatalan
  • klipka MeyerovaCzech
  • Meyers fanefiskDanish
  • Gebänderter FalterfischGerman
  • Mariposa de MeyerSpanish
  • daliga ragutuFijian
  • Chétodon de MeyerFrench
  • Pesce farfalla di MeyerItalian
  • オウギチョウチョウウオJapanese
  • chetonik MeyeraPolish
  • Peixe-borboleta-de-MeyerPortuguese
  • Бабочка МаераRussian
  • ปลาผีเสื้อลายเสือThai
  • Paru-paroroot
  • 黑斜紋蝶Chinese
  • Pez Mariposa de MeyerSpanish
  • Papillon de MeyerFrench
  • Poisson-papillon de MeyerFrench
  • Ôgi-chôchô-uoJapanese
  • പക്കിക്കടിയന്root
  • പക്കി ക്കടിയroot
  • Alibang-bangroot
  • Alibangbangroot
  • Kepe meyeriroot
  • Meiboom-vlindervisroot
  • Pakkikkadiyaroot
  • Paru-parung dagatroot
  • 麥氏蝴蝶魚Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the meyer's butterfly

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 meyer's butterfly?

The meyer's butterfly (Chaetodon meyeri) 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). Meyer's butterfly (Chaetodon meyeri). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/meyers-butterfly

MLA

“Meyer's butterfly (Chaetodon meyeri).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/meyers-butterfly.

BibTeX
@misc{meyers_butterfly_2026,
  title = {Meyer's butterfly (Chaetodon meyeri)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/meyers-butterfly},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}