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Oriental butterflyfish
Chaetodon auripes
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
Possibly present in the Maldives
- English
- Oriental butterflyfish
- Scientific
- Chaetodon auripes
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Reef fish
- Maximum size
- Up to about 20 cm (total length)
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 1 to 30 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2009
- Record in the Maldives
- Possibly present
Description
A yellowish butterflyfish with thin dark lengthwise lines and a dark eye band, reaching about 20 cm. It lives on rocky reefs with algae and coral.
In the Maldives
Listed by FishBase only as 'possibly present' in the Maldives; it is mainly a West Pacific species.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Chaetodon-auripes.html
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Oriental_butterflyfish.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.