Vegabond butterflyfish - 114°E HK Reef Fish

Photo By: Allen To

Photo By: Allen To

Photo By: Allen To

Vegabond butterflyfish

Characteristics

Usually recorded singly.
Mainly feeds on tiny preys in coral rubble and sand, and occasionally feeds on hard corals.

Description

Body whitish.
Chevron patterns on body.
Posterior dorsal fin, caudal fin and anal fin yellow.
A vertical black bar crosses through eyes and another vertical dark band on the posterior part of body.

Common Name: Vegabond butterflyfish

Family Common Name: Butterflyfishes

Family: Chaetodontidae

Scientific Name: Chaetodon vagabundus___(Linnaeus, 1758)

Genus: Chaetodon

Maximum Length: 23 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)

Vegabond butterflyfish