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The Unknown Chaetodons: Not enough data in the literature, credible firsthand accounts, or personal experience to judge | Chaetodon andamanensis Kuiter & Debelius 1999. Known only from India. To 15 cm. in length. Hiroyuki Tanaka pic of a 3 cm. individual in captivity. | Lost pic |
| Chaetodon blackburni Desjardins 1836, Blackburn's Butterflyfish. Rarely seen in the west. Found along much of Africa's east coast to around Madagascar and the Mascarene Islands. Five inches total length. | "I'm leavin' on a jet plane" with my camera gear! | | Chaetodon dialeucos Salm & Mee 1989, the Oman Butterflyfish. Only recorded from the Middle East country's coast in the Arabian Sea. To six inches maximum length. | I wanna go on the next trip with Drs. John Hoover and Randall | | Chaetodon excelsa (Jordan 1922), the Hawaiian Brown-Banded Butterflyfish. A bit too deep for pet-fish collection (usually more than 200 m), occasionally seen in diver-friendly depths. Hawaii and Guam in distribution. | No pic yet | | Chaetodon gardineri Norman 1939, Gardiner's Butterflyfish. Found around India to Oman. To about six inches length. Almost unknown in the trade, but stomach contents analyses show it to be a wide feeder on algae and benthic invertebrates. | Next Intl HHH trip to Goa I'll get it | | Chaetodon jayakari Norman 1939, Jayakar's Butterflyfish. Similar to Hawaii's C. excelsa; also deepwater and exceedingly rare in the trade. Known from all the waters surrounding the Middle East over to India. | Fuji, I'm looking for a travel sponsor | | Chaetodon leucopleura Playfair 1866, Somali Butterflyfish. From lower half of Red Sea, along Yemen and Oman, around Horn of Africa. Uncommon in the wild and trade. | Hope Di can handle the long range live aboard | | Chaetodon litus Randall & Caldwell 1973. Easter Island Butterflyfish. Known only from that part of the southeastern Pacific Ocean. To six inches in length. | "Mr. Christian, I'm coming after you..." | | Chaetodon modestus Temminck & Schegel 1842, the Brown-Banded Butterflyfish. Very like the species, C. excelsa of Hawaii, and C. jayakari of the Middle East regions, this deepwater B/F is recorded from parts of the far west Pacific. | I need to get out more often. | | Chaetodon nigropunctatus Sauvage 1880, the Black-Spotted Butterflyfish. Mainly a coral eater according to Allen (1999). Range restricted to Persian Gulf out to the Arabian Sea. | See comment for C. dialeucos image | | Chaetodon robustus Gunther 1860, Robust of Ghana Butterflyfish. Found along Africa's tropical west coast. To seven inches. | Hmm, thought I had quite a few B/F pix... | | Chaetodon sanctahelenae Gunther 1868, St. Helena Butterflyfish. Known from two island groups off of Africa's west coast, way off. The Canarys, St. Helena and Ascension. To six inches. | Let's go | | Chaetodon selene Bleeker 1853, the Yellow-Dotted Butterflyfish. Known from the western Pacific around Indonesia up to Japan, over to PNG. Not common or used in the trade. | See below |
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| | Chaetodon smithi Randall 1975, Smith's Butterflyfish. Only recorded from some of the southernmost island groups of French Polynesia. To seven inches long. Aquarium photo of a 9 cm. specimen by Hiroyuki Tanaka. | Lost pic | | Chaetodon trichrous Gunther 1874, the Tahiti Butterflyfish. Very similar to Klein's B/F, C. kleinii, but confined to parts of French Polynesia in the lower central Pacific Ocean. To five inches in length. Nuka Hiva, Marquesas, Polynesia pic, the most common Butterflyfish here by far. | Lost pic | Chaetodon tricinctus Waite 1901, the Three-Stripe Butterflyfish. Only found in Australia on the east coast from Lowe Howe and Norfolk Islands. To six inches in length.
A very nice pic by Ryan Dwyer of his specimen. | 
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