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Raccoon Butterflyfish

Chaetodon lunula

Also known as: Coralfish, Crescent-masked Butterflyfish, Halfmoon Butterflyfish, Lunule Butterflyfish, Moon Butterflyfish, Raccoon Butterfly, Raccoon Coralfish, Red-striped Butterflyfish, Spotted Butterflyfish

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2010
LIFE STAGE
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Juvenile
@davidmeridian179 · Naitauba Island, Northern Lau, Fiji · January 20131 / 3

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Overview

Juveniles live among rocks on inner reef flats and in tide pools, while adults range over reef flats of lagoons and seaward reefs.

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How to identify

COLOURS
Pattern
linesred linesspots
Head & Mouth
bandit mask
Behaviour
hoveringpairsschoolingsolitary

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Habitat & where to find it

Where the juvenile stage lives, and where its photos were taken.

  • Range · Indo-Pacific, Southeast Atlantic
  • Country only · 3
RANGE
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Juvenile photos 3

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    ALL STAGES
    FOR THE MARINE-BIOLOGY CURIOUS

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderAcanthuriformes
    5. familyChaetodontidae
    6. genusChaetodon
    7. speciesChaetodon lunula (Lacepède, 1802)

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