Red Sea Butterflyfish
Chaetodontoplus mesoleucus
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
- Pomacanthidae
- Genus
- Chaetodontoplus
Where to Find
Found in 16 diving areas across 9 countries and 4 regions.
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 19 records
- Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea - 1 records
- Gizo & Western Province, Solomon Islands - 17 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 4 records
- Dahlak Archipelago, Eritrea - 1 records
- Bali, Indonesia - 11 records
- Flores, Indonesia - 2 records
- Komodo, Indonesia - 1 records
- Raja Ampat, Indonesia - 2 records
- Sipadan, Malaysia - 2 records
- Apo Reef, Philippines - 15 records
- Donsol & Sorsogon, Philippines - 2 records
- Dumaguete, Philippines - 8 records
- Tubbataha Reef, Philippines - 2 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 8 records
- Southern Islands, Singapore - 2 records