Four-spot butterfly
Chaetodon quadrimaculatus
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 7 countries and 1 regions.
- Rarotonga, Cook Islands - 7 records
- Bora Bora, French Polynesia - 3 records
- Fakarava, French Polynesia - 19 records
- Moorea & Tahiti, French Polynesia - 36 records
- Rangiroa, French Polynesia - 13 records
- Christmas Island (Kiritimati), Kiribati - 3 records
- Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands - 4 records
- Niue West Coast, Niue - 67 records
- Upolu, Samoa - 79 records
- Vava'u Group, Tonga - 1 records