Klein's butterflyfish - 114°E HK Reef Fish

Photo By: Stan Shea

Photo By: Stan Shea

Photo By: Stan Shea

Photo By: Stan Shea

Photo By: Felix Chan

Klein’s butterflyfish

Characteristics

Often recorded singly in Hong Kong, but also reported to be in pairs and/or small schools in other places.
Mainly feeds on corals, also feeds on small invertebrates, algae and zooplankton in coral rubble and sand.

Description

Body yellowish brown.
Two vertical white bars on the body.
One vertical black bar runs through eyes.

Common Name: Klein's butterflyfish, Sunburst butterflyfish

Family Common Name: Butterflyfishes

Family: Chaetodontidae

Scientific Name: Chaetodon kleinii___(Bloch, 1790)

Genus: Chaetodon

Maximum Length: 15 cm (Total Length)

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未評估

Not Evaluated (ne)

數據缺乏

Data Deficient (dd)

無危

Least Concern (lc)

近危

Near Threatened (nt)

易危

Vulnerable (vu)

瀕危

Endangered (en)

極危

Critically Endangered (cr)

絕滅

Extinct (ex)

Klein’s butterflyfish