Blacklip Butterflyfish

Chaetodon kleinii

Black lips, yellow caudal fin with transparent back edge.

Size : 14 cm

Habitat : In rock and coral reefs, 3-60 m. Alone, in pairs or in loose groups to more than two dozen fish. Feeds on polyps of soft coral (especially Sarcophyton and Litophyton), algae, zooplankton and small bottom-dwelling invertebrates.

Distribution : East Africa and the Maldives to SW Japan, Hawaii and Samoa.

Classification

KINGDOM

:

Animalia

PHYLUM

:

Chordata

CLASS

:

Actinopterygii

ORDER

:

Acanthuriformes

FAMILY

:

Chaetodontidae

GENUS

:

Chaetodon

SPECIES

:

Chaetodon kleinii

Other Information

Population Status

Least Concern (LC)

PHOTO COLLECTION

Reference

  1. inaturalist.org
  2. Reef Fishes of the Indo-Pacific. Book by Matthias Bergbauer and Manuela Kirschner