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Rainford's coralfish

Chaetodon rainfordi McCulloch, 1923

Status not recordedbony fish

The rainford's coralfish (Chaetodon rainfordi) is a species in the family Chaetodontidae, order Acanthuriformes.

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Quick facts about the rainford's coralfish

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 rainford's coralfish live?

Not recorded

Is the rainford's coralfish 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 rainford's coralfish classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderAcanthuriformes
  5. familyChaetodontidae
  6. genusChaetodon
  7. SpeciesChaetodon rainfordi McCulloch, 1923

Synonyms Chaetodon rainfordii

Other names and names in other languages (14)
  • Northern butterfly-fishEnglish
  • Northern butterflyfishEnglish
  • Rainford's butterfly-fishEnglish
  • Rainford's butterflyfishEnglish
  • Peix papallona de Barrera de CorallCatalan
  • klipka RainfordovaCzech
  • Rainfords fanefiskDanish
  • Rainfords FalterfischGerman
  • Pez Mariposa de RainfordSpanish
  • Pesce farfalla doratoItalian
  • Peixe-borboleta-da-Barreira-de-CoralPortuguese
  • Бабочка РайнфордаRussian
  • Pesce farfalla di RainfordItalian
  • Pesce farfalla fascia dorataItalian

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the rainford's coralfish

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

CompareRainford's coralfish vs RacoonRainford's coralfish vs ThreadfinRainford's coralfish vs ButterbunRainford's coralfish vs Acropora butterfly

Common questions

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What kind of animal is the rainford's coralfish?

The rainford's coralfish (Chaetodon rainfordi) belongs to the family Chaetodontidae in the order Acanthuriformes.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Rainford's coralfish (Chaetodon rainfordi). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/rainfords-coralfish

MLA

“Rainford's coralfish (Chaetodon rainfordi).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/rainfords-coralfish.

BibTeX
@misc{rainfords_coralfish_2026,
  title = {Rainford's coralfish (Chaetodon rainfordi)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/rainfords-coralfish},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}