Blacktail Butterflyfish
Chaetodon austriacus
Category: Reef Fish
IUCN Conservation Status: LC - Least Concern - species is widespread and abundant, not currently at risk of extinction
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Acanthuriformes
- Family
- Chaetodontidae
- Genus
- Chaetodon
Where to Find
Found in 9 diving areas across 6 countries and 2 regions.
- Dahab, Egypt - 23 records
- El Gouna, Egypt - 3 records
- Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt - 15 records
- Eilat, Israel - 9 records
- Aqaba, Jordan - 11 records
- Aqaba Marine Park, Jordan - 11 records
- Yanbu, Saudi Arabia - 10 records
- Port Sudan & Sanganeb, Sudan - 6 records
- Tubbataha Reef, Philippines - 1 records