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Triangle butterflyfish
Chaetodon triangulum
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Triangle butterflyfish
- Scientific
- Chaetodon triangulum
- Dhivehi
- ތިނެސްކަން ބިބީThineskan bibee
- Group
- Reef fish
- Maximum size
- Up to about 16 cm (total length)
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2009
Description
A deep-bodied butterflyfish shaped like a triangle, pale with a fine chevron pattern, a black eye bar and a broad black tail base edged in yellow. It lives in pairs that defend territories around Acropora corals, particularly staghorn, and feeds mainly on coral polyps. It is the Indian Ocean counterpart of the Pacific baronessa butterflyfish.
In the Maldives
Dhivehi Wikipedia (MRS-derived) gives thineskan bibee.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Chaetodon-triangulum.html
- fishbase.se /comnames/CommonNamesList.php?ID=7805&GenusName=Chaetodon&SpeciesName=
- dv.wikipedia.org /wiki/ތިނެސްކަން_ބިބީ
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Chaetodon_triangulum_(Cuvier,_1831).jpg
Dhivehi name source: FishBase common names (country: Maldives) give 'Thineskan bibee' (Latin script). Thaana from the Dhivehi Wikipedia article 'ތިނެސްކަން ބިބީ' (derived from the MRS 1997 Dhivehi edition); it matches the Latin form.