Ornate Butterflyfish
Chaetodon ornatissimus
- Class
- Ray-finned fish
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 2,088
- Most observed in
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The ornate butterflyfish (Chaetodon ornatissimus), or clown butterflyfish is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a butterflyfish in the family Chaetodontidae. The ornate butterflyfish is a close relative of the mailed butterflyfish (C. reticulatus) and the scrawled butterflyfish (C.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Ornate butterflyfish”.