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Chaetodon
Linnaeus, 1758
(fish)
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Chaetodontinae (Subfamily) - butterflyfishes
..Prognathodes (Genus)
..Chaetodon (Genus)
....Chaetodon adiergastos (Species)
....Chaetodon andamanensis (Species)
....Chaetodon argentatus (Species)
....Chaetodon assarius (Species)
....Chaetodon aureofasciatus (Species) - golden butterflyfish
....Chaetodon auriga (Species) - diagonal butterflyfish
....Chaetodon auripes (Species)
....Chaetodon austriacus (Species) - blacktail butterflyfish
....Chaetodon baronessa (Species)
....Chaetodon bennetti (Species) - Bennett's butterflyfish
....Chaetodon blackburnii (Species)
....Chaetodon burgessi (Species)
....Chaetodon capistratus (Species) - foureye butterflyfish
....Chaetodon citrinellus (Species) - citron butterflyfish
....Chaetodon collare (Species) - brown butterflyfish
....Chaetodon daedalma (Species)
....Chaetodon declivis (Species) - Marquesas butterflyfish
....Chaetodon decussatus (Species) - black-finned vagabond
....Chaetodon dialeucos (Species)
....Chaetodon dolosus (Species)
....Chaetodon ephippium (Species) - blackblotch butterflyfish
....Chaetodon excelsa (Species)
....Chaetodon falcula (Species) - blackwedged butterflyfish
....Chaetodon fasciatus (Species) - diagonal butterflyfish
....Chaetodon flavirostris (Species)
....Chaetodon flavocoronatus (Species) - yellow-crowned Butterflyfish
....Chaetodon fremblii (Species) - bluestriped butterflyfish
....Chaetodon gardineri (Species) - Gardiner's butterflyfish
....Chaetodon guentheri (Species)
....Chaetodon guttatissimus (Species)
....Chaetodon hemichrysus (Species)
....Chaetodon hoefleri (Species) - four-banded butterfly fish
....Chaetodon humeralis (Species) - threebanded butterflyfish
....Chaetodon interruptus (Species)
....Chaetodon jayakari (Species)
....Chaetodon kleinii (Species) - sunburst butterflyfish
....Chaetodon larvatus (Species) - blue chevron butterflyfish
....Chaetodon leucopleura (Species)
....Chaetodon lineolatus (Species) - lined butterflyfish
....Chaetodon litus (Species) - Easter Island butterflyfish
....Chaetodon lunula (Species) - moon butterflyfish
....Chaetodon lunulatus (Species)
....Chaetodon madagaskariensis (Species) - Indian Ocean chevron butterflyfish
....Chaetodon marleyi (Species) - Marley's Butterflyfish
....Chaetodon melannotus (Species) - blackback butterflyfish
....Chaetodon melapterus (Species) - blackfin butterflyfish
....Chaetodon mertensii (Species) - Atoll butterflyfish
....Chaetodon mesoleucos (Species)
....Chaetodon meyeri (Species) - Meyer's butterflyfish
....Chaetodon miliaris (Species) - lemon butterflyfish
....Chaetodon mitratus (Species)
....Chaetodon modestus (Species) - brown-banded butterflyfish
....Chaetodon multicinctus (Species) - pebbled butterflyfish
....Chaetodon nigropunctatus (Species) - dark butterflyfish
....Chaetodon nippon (Species)
....Chaetodon ocellatus (Species) - spotfin butterflyfish
....Chaetodon ocellicaudus (Species)
....Chaetodon octofasciatus (Species) - eightband butterflyfish
....Chaetodon ornatissimus (Species) - clown butterflyfish
....Chaetodon oxycephalus (Species)
....Chaetodon paucifasciatus (Species) - Eritrean butterflyfish
....Chaetodon pelewensis (Species) - dot and dash butterflyfish
....Chaetodon plebeius (Species) - blueblotch butterflyfish
....Chaetodon punctatofasciatus (Species) - sevenband butterflyfish
....Chaetodon quadrimaculatus (Species) - fourspot butterflyfish
....Chaetodon rafflesii (Species) - Latticed butterflyfish
....Chaetodon rainfordi (Species)
....Chaetodon reticulatus (Species) - black butterflyfish
....Chaetodon robustus (Species) - three-banded butterflyfish
....Chaetodon sanctaehelenae (Species)
....Chaetodon sedentarius (Species) - reef butterflyfish
....Chaetodon selene (Species)
....Chaetodon semeion (Species) - Decorated butterflyfish
....Chaetodon semilarvatus (Species) - Addis butterflyfish
....Chaetodon smithi (Species)
....Chaetodon speculum (Species) - mirror butterflyfish
....Chaetodon striatus (Species) - banded butterflyfish
....Chaetodon tinkeri (Species) - Hawaiian butterflyfish
....Chaetodon triangulum (Species) - herringbone butterflyfish
....Chaetodon trichrous (Species)
....Chaetodon tricinctus (Species)
....Chaetodon trifascialis (Species) - chevron butterflyfish
....Chaetodon trifasciatus (Species) - lineated butterflyfish
....Chaetodon ulietensis (Species) - sickle butterflyfish
....Chaetodon unimaculatus (Species) - onespot butterflyfish
....Chaetodon vagabundus (Species) - vagabond butterflyfish
....Chaetodon wiebeli (Species)
....Chaetodon xanthocephalus (Species) - yellowhead butterflyfish
....Chaetodon xanthurus (Species) - netted butterflyfish
....Chaetodon zanzibarensis (Species)
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
C. Linnaeus, 1758
Original name, rank & spelling
:
Linnaeus, C. 1758.
Syst. Nat.
(ed. 10)
1
: 272 ("Chætodon.").
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Types
Type of
:
Chaetodontidae
(Family)
Rafinesque, 1815
Ref:
J.S. Nelson, 2006
: 379; [<18 Feb 2024].
[inferred]
Type of
:
Chaetodontinae
(Subfamily)
Rafinesque, 1815
Ref:
R. Fricke et al. (eds.), 2021
: 9 Sep 2025; 13 Sep 2025.
[inferred]
Variants
Unavailable name
:
Chaetodon
(Genus)
nom. inval.
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
goochelaars s.s.
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