Raccoon Butterflyfish
Chaetodon lunula
- Class
- Ray-finned fish
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 3,151
- Most observed in
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The raccoon butterflyfish (Chaetodon lunula), also known as the crescent-masked butterflyfish, lunule butterflyfish, halfmoon butterflyfish, moon butterflyfish, raccoon butterfly, raccoon, raccoon coralfish, and redstriped butterflyfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a butterflyfish belonging to the family Chaetodontidae. It is found in the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Raccoon butterflyfish”.