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Spot-tail coralfish

Chaetodon ocellicaudus Cuvier, 1831

Status not recordedbony fish

The spot-tail coralfish (Chaetodon ocellicaudus) is a species in the family Chaetodontidae, order Acanthuriformes.

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Quick facts about the spot-tail 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 spot-tail coralfish live?

Not recorded

Is the spot-tail 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 spot-tail coralfish classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderAcanthuriformes
  5. familyChaetodontidae
  6. genusChaetodon
  7. SpeciesChaetodon ocellicaudus Cuvier, 1831
Other names and names in other languages (12)
  • Spot-tail butterfly fishEnglish
  • Spottail butterflyfishEnglish
  • Tail-spot butterflyfishEnglish
  • Peix papallona ocel·latCatalan
  • klipka skvrnoocasáCzech
  • Plethalet fanefiskDanish
  • Schwanzfleck-FalterfischGerman
  • Pez Mariposa de Cola ManchadaSpanish
  • Poisson-papillon à point caudalFrench
  • Pesce farfalla coda ocellataItalian
  • Peixe-borboleta-de-cauda-oceladaPortuguese
  • Paru-parung dagatroot

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the spot-tail 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

CompareSpot-tail coralfish vs RacoonSpot-tail coralfish vs ThreadfinSpot-tail coralfish vs ButterbunSpot-tail coralfish vs Acropora butterfly

Common questions

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What kind of animal is the spot-tail coralfish?

The spot-tail coralfish (Chaetodon ocellicaudus) belongs to the family Chaetodontidae in the order Acanthuriformes.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Spot-tail coralfish (Chaetodon ocellicaudus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/spot-tail-coralfish

MLA

“Spot-tail coralfish (Chaetodon ocellicaudus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/spot-tail-coralfish.

BibTeX
@misc{spot_tail_coralfish_2026,
  title = {Spot-tail coralfish (Chaetodon ocellicaudus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/spot-tail-coralfish},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}