Threeband Butterflyfish
Chaetodon humeralis
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 10 diving areas across 6 countries and 3 regions.
- Caribbean Coast, Costa Rica - 6 records
- Cocos Island, Costa Rica - 10 records
- Bocas del Toro, Panama - 62 records
- Coiba National Park, Panama - 60 records
- Sea of Cortez, Mexico - 25 records
- Socorro Islands, Mexico - 2 records
- Malpelo Island, Colombia - 50 records
- Galápagos Islands, Ecuador - 251 records
- Isla de la Plata, Ecuador - 36 records
- Mancora & North Coast, Peru - 1 records