Eclipse Butterflyfish

Chaetodon bennetti

Blue-ringed black spot. Two blue diagonal stripes.

Size : 18 cm

Habitat : Prefers coral-rich lagoons and out reefs, 3-30 m. Alone or in pairs. Feeds on coral polyps and other invertebrate bottom-dwellers. Juveniles often between the branches of acropora horn corals.

Distribution : East Africa, the Maldives to S Japan, New Guinea and Pitcairn.

Classification

KINGDOM

:

Animalia

PHYLUM

:

Chordata

CLASS

:

Actinopterygii

ORDER

:

Acanthuriformes

FAMILY

:

Chaetodontidae

GENUS

:

Chaetodon

SPECIES

:

Chaetodon bennetti

Other Information

Population Status

Data Deficient (DD)

PHOTO COLLECTION

Reference

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