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Yellow teardrop butterflyfish
Chaetodon interruptus
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Yellow teardrop butterflyfish
- Scientific
- Chaetodon interruptus
- 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 10 to 40 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2009
Description
A bright yellow butterflyfish with a single large black teardrop spot on the upper side and a dark eye bar, reaching about 20 cm. It lives in pairs on reef flats and slopes. It is the Indian Ocean form of the teardrop butterflyfish.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Chaetodon-interruptus.html
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Chaetodon_interruptus_Maldives.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.