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Seychelles butterflyfish
Chaetodon madagaskariensis
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Seychelles butterflyfish
- Scientific
- Chaetodon madagaskariensis
- Dhivehi
- މަޑަގަސްކަރަ ބިބީMadagaskara bibee
- Group
- Reef fish
- Maximum size
- Up to about 13 cm (total length)
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 10 to 120 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2009
Description
A small white butterflyfish with dark chevron-shaped markings on the sides, an orange-yellow rear and tail base and a dark eye bar, reaching about 13 cm. It lives in pairs on outer reefs, usually below 10 m. It is an Indian Ocean species.
In the Maldives
Dhivehi Wikipedia (MRS-derived) gives madagaskara bibee.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Chaetodon-madagaskariensis.html
- fishbase.se /comnames/CommonNamesList.php?ID=7793&GenusName=Chaetodon&SpeciesName=
- dv.wikipedia.org /wiki/މަޑަގަސްކަރަ_ބިބީ
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Pez_mariposa_de_Madagascar_(Chaetodon_madagaskariensis),_Ma
Dhivehi name source: FishBase common names (country: Maldives) give 'Madagaskara bibee' (Latin script). Thaana from the Dhivehi Wikipedia article 'މަޑަގަސްކަރަ ބިބީ' (derived from the MRS 1997 Dhivehi edition); it matches the Latin form.