Indian Redfin Butterflyfish
Chaetodon trifasciatus
- Class
- Ray-finned fish
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 970
- Most observed in
- 🇲🇻 Maldives
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The melon butterflyfish (Chaetodon trifasciatus) or the Indian redfin butterflyfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a butterflyfish belonging to the family Chaetodontidae. It is found in the Indian Ocean from East Africa to Western Java. This is one species of a closely related group which includes the blacktail butterflyfish (C. austriacus) of the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden and the oval butterflyfish (C. lunulatus) which is found in the western Pacific, from eastern coasts of the Indonesian islands to Australia. Melon butterflyfish should not be confused with chevron butterflyfish (C. trifascialis), three-striped butterflyfish (C. tricinctus), or three-banded butterflyfish (C. robustus).
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Melon butterflyfish”.