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Blue-spot Butterflyfish (Chaetodon plebeius)

Blue-spot Butterflyfish

Chaetodon plebeius

Class
Ray-finned fish
Rarity
Common
Observations
1,182
Most observed in
🇦🇺 Australia
Conservation
Least Concern

Description

The blueblotch butterflyfish (Chaetodon plebeius) is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a butterflyfish belonging to the family Chaetodontidae. It is native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It has various names such as bluespot butterflyfish, bluedash butterflyfish or grey-blotched butterflyfish.

Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Blueblotch butterflyfish”.

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