Saddleback Butterflyfish

Chaetodon ephippium

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 41 diving areas across 20 countries and 4 regions.

Christmas Island, Australia - 7 records
Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Australia - 7 records
Great Barrier Reef, Australia - 158 records
Rowley Shoals, Australia - 3 records
Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 15 records
Rarotonga, Cook Islands - 5 records
Kadavu & Great Astrolabe Reef, Fiji - 169 records
Bora Bora, French Polynesia - 14 records
Fakarava, French Polynesia - 20 records
Moorea & Tahiti, French Polynesia - 21 records
Rangiroa, French Polynesia - 26 records
Christmas Island (Kiritimati), Kiribati - 36 records
Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands - 12 records
Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands - 33 records
Chuuk (Truk) Lagoon, Micronesia - 10 records
Kosrae, Micronesia - 2 records
Pohnpei, Micronesia - 14 records
Yap, Micronesia - 78 records
Niue West Coast, Niue - 20 records
Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 188 records
Rock Islands, Palau - 250 records
Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea - 1 records
Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea - 20 records
Savai'i, Samoa - 48 records
Upolu, Samoa - 260 records
Gizo & Western Province, Solomon Islands - 62 records
Iron Bottom Sound, Solomon Islands - 43 records
Ha'apai Group, Tonga - 63 records
Tongatapu, Tonga - 42 records
Vava'u Group, Tonga - 166 records
Funafuti Atoll, Tuvalu - 12 records
Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu - 9 records
Port Vila & Efate, Vanuatu - 56 records
Ishigaki & Yaeyama, Japan - 4 records
Kerama Islands, Japan - 2 records
Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 3 records
Derawan Islands, Indonesia - 1 records
Raja Ampat, Indonesia - 2 records
Donsol & Sorsogon, Philippines - 2 records
Dumaguete, Philippines - 1 records
Tubbataha Reef, Philippines - 12 records