Genus Chaetodon
(butterflyfishes)

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Scientific names for Aves taxonomy (family and below) are from The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World, Princeton University Press, copyright 2003. Used by permission.

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  Family Chaetodontidae (butterflyfishes)
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  Genus Chaetodon (butterflyfishes)
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  Species Chaetodon aculeatus (longsnout butterflyfish)
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  Species Chaetodon adiergastos
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  Species Chaetodon argentatus
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  Species Chaetodon assarius
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  Species Chaetodon aureofasciatus (goldstriped butterflyfish)
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  Species Chaetodon auriga (threadfin butterflyfish)
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  Species Chaetodon auripes
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  Species Chaetodon austriacus
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  Species Chaetodon aya (bank butterflyfish)
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  Species Chaetodon baronessa
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  Species Chaetodon bellicosus
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  Species Chaetodon bennetti (archer butterflyfish)
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  Species Chaetodon blackburnii (brownburnie)
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  Species Chaetodon burgessi
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  Species Chaetodon capistratus (foureye butterflyfish)
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  Species Chaetodon citrinellus (midas cichlid)
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  Species Chaetodon collare (whitecollar butterflyfish)
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  Species Chaetodon daedalma
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  Species Chaetodon declivis
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  Species Chaetodon decussatus
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  Species Chaetodon dialeucos
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  Species Chaetodon dolosus
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  Species Chaetodon ephippium (blackclothed butterflyfish)
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  Species Chaetodon excelsa
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  Species Chaetodon falcula (saddled butterflyfish)
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  Species Chaetodon fasciatus
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  Species Chaetodon festivus
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  Species Chaetodon flavirostris (dusky butterflyfish)
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  Species Chaetodon flavocoronatus
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  Species Chaetodon fremblii (bluestriped butterflyfish)
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  Species Chaetodon gardineri
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  Species Chaetodon guentheri
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  Species Chaetodon guttatissimus (spotted coralfish)
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  Species Chaetodon guyanensis
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  Species Chaetodon hoefleri
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  Species Chaetodon humeralis (muneca)
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  Species Chaetodon jayakari
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  Species Chaetodon kleinii (whitespotted butterflyfish)
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  Species Chaetodon larvatus
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  Species Chaetodon leucopleura
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  Species Chaetodon lineolatus (lined butterflyfish)
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  Species Chaetodon litus
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  Species Chaetodon luctuosus
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  Species Chaetodon lunaris
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  Species Chaetodon lunula (redstriped butterflyfish)
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  Species Chaetodon lunulatus
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  Species Chaetodon madagaskariensis
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  Species Chaetodon marginatus
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  Species Chaetodon marleyi (doublesash butterflyfish)
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  Species Chaetodon melannotus (blackbacked butterflyfish)
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  Species Chaetodon melapterus
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  Species Chaetodon mertensii (Merten's coralfish)
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  Species Chaetodon mesoleucos
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  Species Chaetodon meyeri (maypole butterflyfish)
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  Species Chaetodon miliaris (crochet butterflyfish)
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  Species Chaetodon mitratus
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  Species Chaetodon modestus
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  Species Chaetodon multicinctus (pebbled butterflyfish)
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  Species Chaetodon nigropunctatus
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  Species Chaetodon nippon
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  Species Chaetodon obliquus
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  Species Chaetodon ocellatus (spotfin butterflyfish)
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  Species Chaetodon ocellicaudus
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  Species Chaetodon octofasciatus (rightbanded butterflyfish)
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  Species Chaetodon ornatissimus (ornated butterflyfish)
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  Species Chaetodon ornatus
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  Species Chaetodon oxycephalus
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  Species Chaetodon paucifasciatus
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  Species Chaetodon pelewensis (dot and dash butterflyfish)
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  Species Chaetodon plebeius (blueblotched butterflyfish)
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  Species Chaetodon principalis
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  Species Chaetodon punctatofasciatus
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  Species Chaetodon quadrimaculatus (fourspot butterflyfish)
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  Species Chaetodon rafflesii (latticed butterflyfish)
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  Species Chaetodon rainfordi (Rainford's butterflyfish)
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  Species Chaetodon reticulatus
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  Species Chaetodon robustus
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  Species Chaetodon sanctaehelenae
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  Species Chaetodon sedentarius (reef butterflyfish)
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  Species Chaetodon selene
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  Species Chaetodon semeion
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  Species Chaetodon semilarvatus
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  Species Chaetodon smithi
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  Species Chaetodon speculum
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  Species Chaetodon striatus (banded butterflyfish)
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  Species Chaetodon tinkeri
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  Species Chaetodon triangulum (herringbone butterflyfish)
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  Species Chaetodon trichrous
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  Species Chaetodon tricinctus
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  Species Chaetodon trifascialis (rightangled butterflyfish)
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  Species Chaetodon trifasciatus (lineated butterflyfish)
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  Species Chaetodon ulietensis
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  Species Chaetodon unimaculatus (onespot coralfish)
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  Species Chaetodon vagabundus (crisscross butterflyfish)
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  Species Chaetodon vitulus
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  Species Chaetodon wiebeli
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  Species Chaetodon xanthocephalus (yellowhead butterflyfish)
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  Species Chaetodon xanthurus
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  Species Chaetodon zanzibarensis (Zanzibar butterflyfish)