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Yellow butterflyfish

Chaetodon andamanensis Kuiter & Debelius, 1999

Status not recordedbony fish

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

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Quick facts about the yellow 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 yellow butterflyfish live?

Not recorded

Is the yellow 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 yellow butterflyfish classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderAcanthuriformes
  5. familyChaetodontidae
  6. genusChaetodon
  7. SpeciesChaetodon andamanensis Kuiter & Debelius, 1999
Other names and names in other languages (10)
  • Andaman butterflyfishEnglish
  • Peix papallona grocCatalan
  • klipka andamanskáCzech
  • Andaman-FalterfischGerman
  • Pez Mariposa de AndamanSpanish
  • Poisson-papillon d'AndamanFrench
  • Pesce farfalla delle AndamaneItalian
  • Peixe-borboleta-de-AndamanPortuguese
  • ปลาผีเสื้ออันดามันThai
  • ปลาผีเสื้อเหลืองปานดำThai

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the yellow 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

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

What kind of animal is the yellow butterflyfish?

The yellow butterflyfish (Chaetodon andamanensis) belongs to the family Chaetodontidae in the order Acanthuriformes.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Yellow butterflyfish (Chaetodon andamanensis). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/yellow-butterflyfish

MLA

“Yellow butterflyfish (Chaetodon andamanensis).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/yellow-butterflyfish.

BibTeX
@misc{yellow_butterflyfish_2026,
  title = {Yellow butterflyfish (Chaetodon andamanensis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/yellow-butterflyfish},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}