Diagonal Butterflyfish
Chaetodon fasciatus
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 18 diving areas across 10 countries and 3 regions.
- Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu - 2 records
- Gulf of Tadjoura, Djibouti - 2 records
- Deep South, Egypt - 1 records
- El Gouna, Egypt - 7 records
- Hurghada, Egypt - 7 records
- Safaga, Egypt - 8 records
- Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt - 11 records
- Dahlak Archipelago, Eritrea - 1 records
- Eilat, Israel - 6 records
- Aqaba, Jordan - 10 records
- Aqaba Marine Park, Jordan - 10 records
- Port Sudan & Sanganeb, Sudan - 4 records
- Raja Ampat, Indonesia - 2 records
- Donsol & Sorsogon, Philippines - 1 records
- Dumaguete, Philippines - 3 records
- Tubbataha Reef, Philippines - 1 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 3 records
- Southern Islands, Singapore - 2 records