Lineated Butterflyfish
Chaetodon trifasciatus
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 62 diving areas across 31 countries and 5 regions.
- Christmas Island, Australia - 12 records
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Australia - 12 records
- Coral Sea, Australia - 55 records
- Great Barrier Reef, Australia - 482 records
- Rowley Shoals, Australia - 10 records
- Isle of Pines, New Caledonia - 3 records
- Kadavu & Great Astrolabe Reef, Fiji - 603 records
- Bora Bora, French Polynesia - 21 records
- Moorea & Tahiti, French Polynesia - 52 records
- Rangiroa, French Polynesia - 8 records
- Christmas Island (Kiritimati), Kiribati - 1 records
- Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands - 10 records
- Pohnpei, Micronesia - 13 records
- Yap, Micronesia - 48 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 140 records
- Rock Islands, Palau - 148 records
- Upolu, Samoa - 12 records
- Gizo & Western Province, Solomon Islands - 1 records
- Iron Bottom Sound, Solomon Islands - 5 records
- Ha'apai Group, Tonga - 4 records
- Tongatapu, Tonga - 8 records
- Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu - 8 records
- Port Vila & Efate, Vanuatu - 12 records
- Ishigaki & Yaeyama, Japan - 4 records
- Kerama Islands, Japan - 1 records
- Grande Comore, Comoros - 1 records
- Moheli, Comoros - 3 records
- Lakshadweep, India - 6 records
- Diani Beach & South Coast, Kenya - 4 records
- Watamu & Malindi, Kenya - 1 records
- North Ari Atoll, Maldives - 1 records
- North Malé Atoll, Maldives - 6 records
- Rasdhoo Atoll, Maldives - 27 records
- South Ari Atoll, Maldives - 1 records
- South Malé Atoll, Maldives - 27 records
- Vaavu Atoll, Maldives - 22 records
- Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 10 records
- Rodrigues Island, Mauritius - 9 records
- Mayotte Lagoon, Mayotte - 16 records
- Quirimbas Archipelago, Mozambique - 5 records
- Tofo & Inhambane, Mozambique - 2 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 3 records
- Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 143 records
- Inner Islands, Seychelles - 43 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 1 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 4 records
- Trincomalee & East Coast, Sri Lanka - 1 records
- Mafia Island, Tanzania - 1 records
- Zanzibar & Pemba, Tanzania - 9 records
- Derawan Islands, Indonesia - 2 records
- Lombok & Gili Islands, Indonesia - 1 records
- Raja Ampat, Indonesia - 3 records
- Sipadan, Malaysia - 2 records
- Donsol & Sorsogon, Philippines - 1 records
- Dumaguete, Philippines - 8 records
- Siargao, Philippines - 3 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 7 records
- Koh Lanta & Phi Phi, Thailand - 3 records
- Similan Islands, Thailand - 3 records
- Atauro Island, Timor-Leste - 4 records
- Dili Coast, Timor-Leste - 4 records
- Nha Trang, Vietnam - 24 records