Chaetodon ephippium

(Cuvier, 1831)

Vernacular names
English : Saddle butterflyfish
French : Poisson papillon à selle noire

Classification
Class : Teleostei
Order : Acanthuriformes (sometimes still Perciformes)
Family : Chaetodontidae
Notes : No subspecies known.

Identification
Adults can reach up to 30 cm in length. Yellow face, dusky beige-white body with large white-edged black saddle. Blue wavy lines on belly. Orange areas on edges of dorsal fin and caudal peduncle. Dorsal fin with filament-like extension.

Range and habitat
The species occurs in the Indo-Pacific area, from Sri Lanka and Cocos Keeling Islands to Marquesas islands and Hawaii, north to south Japan. Lives in coral reefs habitats in lagoons and outer reefs, to 30 meters deep.

Conservation
IUCN RED LIST : LEAST CONCERN
CITES : Not Listed
Status : The species has a large range where it is known to be widespread and at least locally common.
Ex-Situ Programs : None known

Observation

 

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