Brown Butterflyfish
Chaetodon collare
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.
- Lakshadweep, India - 4 records
- Kalpitiya & Northwest, Sri Lanka - 6 records
- Trincomalee & East Coast, Sri Lanka - 7 records
- Bali, Indonesia - 13 records
- Derawan Islands, Indonesia - 3 records
- Mergui Archipelago, Myanmar - 6 records
- Tubbataha Reef, Philippines - 1 records
- Koh Lanta & Phi Phi, Thailand - 2 records
- Similan Islands, Thailand - 7 records