Herringbone butterflyfish
Chaetodon triangulum
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 11 diving areas across 7 countries and 2 regions.
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 16 records
- Gizo & Western Province, Solomon Islands - 8 records
- Iron Bottom Sound, Solomon Islands - 4 records
- Bali, Indonesia - 1 records
- Mergui Archipelago, Myanmar - 7 records
- Dumaguete, Philippines - 5 records
- Tubbataha Reef, Philippines - 1 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 4 records
- Koh Lanta & Phi Phi, Thailand - 15 records
- Similan Islands, Thailand - 10 records
- Nha Trang, Vietnam - 3 records