Dot and dash Butterflyfish
Chaetodon punctatofasciatus
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 15 diving areas across 10 countries and 4 regions.
- Rowley Shoals, Australia - 22 records
- Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands - 8 records
- Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands - 5 records
- Pohnpei, Micronesia - 1 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 27 records
- Rock Islands, Palau - 37 records
- Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea - 1 records
- Ishigaki & Yaeyama, Japan - 1 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 1 records
- Mabul & Kapalai, Malaysia - 1 records
- Dumaguete, Philippines - 8 records
- Tubbataha Reef, Philippines - 8 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 6 records
- Atauro Island, Timor-Leste - 2 records
- Dili Coast, Timor-Leste - 3 records