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Eightband butterflyfish
Chaetodon octofasciatus
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Eightband butterflyfish
- Scientific
- Chaetodon octofasciatus
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Reef fish
- Maximum size
- Up to about 12 cm (total length)
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 3 to 20 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2009
Description
A small, white to yellowish butterflyfish with seven or eight black vertical bands, reaching about 12 cm. It lives in pairs on sheltered, coral-rich reefs and eats only coral polyps.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Chaetodon-octofasciatus.html
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Pez_mariposa_de_ocho_franjas_(Chaetodon_octofasciatus),_Ani
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.