The species can be recognised by its colouration. It has a yellowish tinge with oblique purple-blue stripes. A yellow-edged black bar passes through the eye, and a narrow black line crosses the cheek behind the eye. The red-orange anal fin has a yellow-edged black band along its base. source: Australian Museum Factsheets
The Redfin Butterflyfish is yellow with horizontal purple blue stripes. The snout and forehead is black. The rest of the head is mainly yellow with a black bar through the eye, and a narrow vertical black line behind the eye. The base of the tail is grey. It gets its common name from the orange red on the anal fin.... source: OZ Animals
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| Abundance: | 2.774 |
| Range: | 726.546 |
| Description: | Rounded butterflyfish with apricot body, grey-blue oblique stripes along sides, and orange head with black vertical bar through eye and finer bars across snout and behind eye. Distinguished from very similar Chaetodon trifasciatus in having a pale rather than bright orange/red base of tail and Pacific Ocean distribution. |
| Invasive: | Not known to be invasive |
| IUCN_Threat_status: | Least Concern |
| Behaviour: | Generally occurs in pairs, which move slowly over the reef within small territories picking at small invertebrates. |
| Threats: | Overharvesting for aquarium trade |
| Frequency: | 4.539 |
| Common_Name: | Pinstriped butterflyfish;Redfin butterflyfish; Pinstripe Butterflyfish |
| RLS profile v3 | |
| Abundance: | 2.208 |
| Invasive: | Not known to be invasive |
| Range: | 179.371 |
| IUCN_Threat_status: | Least Concern |
| Diet: | hard corals |
| Common_Name: | Melon butterflyfish; |
| Behaviour: | Generally occurs in pairs, which move slowly over the reef within small territories picking at small invertebrates. |
| Threats: | Overharvesting for aquarium trade |
| Frequency: | 3.200 |
| Description: | Rounded butterflyfish with apricot body, grey-blue oblique stripes along sides, and orange head with black vertical bar through eye and finer bars across snout and behind eye. Distinguished from very similar Chaetodon lunulatus in having an orange/red rather than pale base of tail and Indian Ocean distribution. |
| Accepted name | Source |
|---|---|
| Chaetodon lunulatus |
| Synonyms | Source |
|---|---|
| Chaetodon trifasciatus Park, 1797 | |
| Chaetodon trifasciatus Park, 1797 | |
| Chaetodon trifasciatus Park, 1797 | |
| Published in: Allen, G.R., Hoese, D.F., Paxton, J.R., Randall, J.E., Russell, B.C., Starck, W.A., Talbot, F.H. & Whitley, G.P. 1976. Annotated checklist of the fishes of Lord Howe Island. Rec. Aust. Mus. Vol. 30 (15) pp. 365-454 figs 1-2 | |
| Chaetodon trifasciatus Park, 1797 | |
| Published in: McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part II. Mem. Aust. Mus. Vol. 5 pp. 145–329 | |
| Chaetodon trifasciatus Park, 1797 | |
| Published in: Park, M. 1797. Descriptions of eight new fishes from Sumatra. Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. Vol. 3 pp. 33-38 fig. 1 | |
| Common name | Source |
|---|---|
| Pinstripe Butterflyfish | |
| Oval Butterflyfish | |
| Redfin Butterflyfish | |
| Lineated Butterfly-fish | |
| Pacific Pinstriped Butterflyfish | |
| Red-striped Butterfly-fish | |
| Striped Butterflyfish | |
| Pinstriped Butterflyfish |
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