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Speckled butterflyfish
Chaetodon citrinellus
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Speckled butterflyfish
- Scientific
- Chaetodon citrinellus
- Dhivehi
- Dhon bibi
- Group
- Reef fish
- Maximum size
- Up to about 13 cm (total length)
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 0 to 36 m (usually 1 to 5 m)
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2009
Description
A small, pale yellow butterflyfish covered in rows of tiny dark spots, with a black bar through the eye and a black edge to the anal fin. It lives in open areas with scattered corals on shallow reef flats and lagoons, usually in pairs. It eats small worms, crustaceans, coral polyps and algae.
In the Maldives
FishBase (Maldives) gives the general name dhon bibi.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Chaetodon-citrinellus.html
- fishbase.se /comnames/CommonNamesList.php?ID=5561&GenusName=Chaetodon&SpeciesName=
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Chaetodon_citrinellus_2.jpg
Dhivehi name source: FishBase common names (country: Maldives) give 'Dhon bibi' (Latin script). FishBase also lists 'Sikkikokkamas' under India (Minicoy/Lakshadweep Mahl dialect); not used. FLAG: single source.