Saddle Butterflyfish
Chaetodon ephippium
- Class
- Ray-finned fish
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 1,716
- Most observed in
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The saddle butterflyfish (Chaetodon ephippium) is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a butterflyfish belonging to the family Chaetodontidae. It is found in the Indian and Pacific Oceans from Sri Lanka and the Cocos-Keeling Islands to the Hawaiian, Marquesan and Tuamotu islands, north to southern Japan, south to Rowley Shoals and New South Wales in Australia. It is a large butterflyfish, at up to 30 cm (nearly 12 in) long together with the Lined Butterflyfish (C.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Saddle butterflyfish”.