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Ornate butterflyfish
Chaetodon ornatissimus
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Ornate butterflyfish
- Scientific
- Chaetodon ornatissimus
- 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 0 to 36 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2009
Description
A white butterflyfish with slanting orange-brown bands on the sides and black bars on the face, reaching about 20 cm. Adults live in pairs in clear, coral-rich reefs and feed on coral polyps.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Chaetodon-ornatissimus.html
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Bep_chaetodon_ornatissimus.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.