Eight Banded Butterflyfish
Chaetodon octofasciatus
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 27 diving areas across 12 countries and 4 regions.
- Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands - 1 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 49 records
- Rock Islands, Palau - 53 records
- Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea - 2 records
- Rabaul & New Britain, Papua New Guinea - 3 records
- Gizo & Western Province, Solomon Islands - 6 records
- Iron Bottom Sound, Solomon Islands - 12 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 2 records
- Kalpitiya & Northwest, Sri Lanka - 4 records
- Trincomalee & East Coast, Sri Lanka - 4 records
- Bali, Indonesia - 10 records
- Halmahera, Indonesia - 10 records
- Raja Ampat, Indonesia - 1 records
- Sumatra, Indonesia - 2 records
- Perhentian Islands, Malaysia - 3 records
- Redang Island, Malaysia - 3 records
- Apo Reef, Philippines - 7 records
- Bohol, Philippines - 18 records
- Donsol & Sorsogon, Philippines - 1 records
- Dumaguete, Philippines - 10 records
- Malapascua, Philippines - 4 records
- Tubbataha Reef, Philippines - 6 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 22 records
- Southern Islands, Singapore - 5 records
- Gulf of Thailand, Thailand - 8 records
- Koh Lanta & Phi Phi, Thailand - 1 records
- Nha Trang, Vietnam - 13 records