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Pacific double-saddle butterflyfish
Chaetodon ulietensis
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Pacific double-saddle butterflyfish
- Scientific
- Chaetodon ulietensis
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Reef fish
- Maximum size
- Up to about 15 cm (total length)
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 0 to 40 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2009
Description
A white to pale yellow butterflyfish with two dark saddles on the back, a black eye bar and a yellow rear body, reaching about 15 cm. It lives on coral-rich lagoon reefs.
In the Maldives
This is the Pacific sibling of the blackwedged butterflyfish; Maldivian records may need checking.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Chaetodon-ulietensis.html
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Chaetodon_ulietensis.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.