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Striped butterflyfish

Chaetodon fasciatus Forsskål, 1775

Status not recordedbony fish

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

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Quick facts about the striped 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 striped butterflyfish live?

Not recorded

Is the striped 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 striped butterflyfish classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderAcanthuriformes
  5. familyChaetodontidae
  6. genusChaetodon
  7. SpeciesChaetodon fasciatus Forsskål, 1775

Synonyms Chaetodon flavus, Chaetodon variegatus, Chetodon variegatus, Rabdophorus linophora fasciatus

Other names and names in other languages (21)
  • Diagonal butterflyfishEnglish
  • Diagonal-lined butterflyfishEnglish
  • Red sea butter FlyfishEnglish
  • Red sea raccoon butterflyfishEnglish
  • Red sea racoon butterflyfishEnglish
  • MoschtArabic
  • Peix papallona mapache del Mar RojaCatalan
  • klipka páskovanáCzech
  • RødehavsfanefiskDanish
  • Tabak-FalterfischGerman
  • Pez mariposa diagonalSpanish
  • Papillon rayéFrench
  • פרפרון לבן-מצחHebrew
  • Pesce farfalla procione del Mar RossoItalian
  • Masker KoraalvlinderDutch
  • Peixe-borboleta-diagonalPortuguese
  • Красноморская бабочка-енотRussian
  • Paru-paroroot
  • Pez Mariposa Mapache del Mar RojoSpanish
  • Poisson-papillon raton laveur de mer RougeFrench
  • Pesce farfalla mascherato del Mar RossoItalian

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the striped 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

CompareStriped butterflyfish vs RacoonStriped butterflyfish vs ThreadfinStriped butterflyfish vs ButterbunStriped butterflyfish vs Acropora butterfly

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

What kind of animal is the striped butterflyfish?

The striped butterflyfish (Chaetodon fasciatus) 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). Striped butterflyfish (Chaetodon fasciatus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/striped-butterflyfish

MLA

“Striped butterflyfish (Chaetodon fasciatus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/striped-butterflyfish.

BibTeX
@misc{striped_butterflyfish_2026,
  title = {Striped butterflyfish (Chaetodon fasciatus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/striped-butterflyfish},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}