Butterbun
Chaetodon striatus
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 63 diving areas across 32 countries and 5 regions.
- Sandy Island, Anguilla - 4 records
- Antigua South Coast, Antigua & Barbuda - 2 records
- Barbuda, Antigua & Barbuda - 1 records
- Abaco, Bahamas - 14 records
- Andros, Bahamas - 14 records
- Bimini, Bahamas - 1167 records
- Exuma Cays, Bahamas - 3 records
- Long Island, Bahamas - 2 records
- Nassau & New Providence, Bahamas - 31 records
- South Coast, Barbados - 70 records
- West Coast, Barbados - 70 records
- North Shore, Bermuda - 3 records
- Klein Bonaire, Bonaire - 5 records
- Salt Island & Cooper Island, British Virgin Islands - 490 records
- Virgin Gorda & Anegada, British Virgin Islands - 318 records
- Cayman Brac, Cayman Islands - 47 records
- Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands - 50 records
- Isla de la Juventud, Cuba - 47 records
- Jardines de la Reina, Cuba - 26 records
- María la Gorda, Cuba - 3 records
- Varadero, Cuba - 5 records
- Curaçao Southeast, Curaçao - 19 records
- Cabrits & Northern Coast, Dominica - 1 records
- Soufriere-Scotts Head Marine Reserve, Dominica - 1 records
- Bayahibe & La Romana, Dominican Republic - 1 records
- Punta Cana, Dominican Republic - 31 records
- Sosua & Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic - 1 records
- Carriacou, Grenada - 11 records
- Southwest Coast, Grenada - 10 records
- Cousteau Reserve, Guadeloupe - 2 records
- Montego Bay, Jamaica - 12 records
- Negril, Jamaica - 9 records
- Ocho Rios, Jamaica - 14 records
- Diamond Rock, Martinique - 17 records
- Saint-Pierre, Martinique - 5 records
- Fajardo & East Coast, Puerto Rico - 387 records
- La Parguera, Puerto Rico - 370 records
- Rincon & West Coast, Puerto Rico - 410 records
- St. Kitts, St. Kitts & Nevis - 33 records
- Anse La Raye, St. Lucia - 14 records
- Soufriere & The Pitons, St. Lucia - 12 records
- St. Vincent, St. Vincent & the Grenadines - 9 records
- Tobago Cays, St. Vincent & the Grenadines - 8 records
- Tobago, Trinidad & Tobago - 23 records
- Providenciales, Turks & Caicos - 15 records
- St. Croix, US Virgin Islands - 822 records
- St. Thomas & St. John, US Virgin Islands - 502 records
- Ambergris Caye, Belize - 83 records
- Lighthouse Reef, Belize - 76 records
- Turneffe Atoll, Belize - 44 records
- Caribbean Coast, Costa Rica - 11 records
- Caribbean Coast, Guatemala - 35 records
- Roatán, Honduras - 2 records
- Utila, Honduras - 77 records
- Ha'apai Group, Tonga - 1 records
- Cozumel, Mexico - 13 records
- Yucatán Cenotes, Mexico - 42 records
- Arraial do Cabo, Brazil - 143 records
- Fernando de Noronha, Brazil - 14 records
- Salvador & Bahia, Brazil - 85 records
- Santa Marta & Tayrona, Colombia - 67 records
- Los Roques Archipelago, Venezuela - 37 records
- Morrocoy & Chichiriviche, Venezuela - 10 records