Eastern triangular butterflyfish

It grows to a maximum of 16 cm long.

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The Eastern triangular butterflyfish lives in the reef-associated, non-migratory, marine, depth range 5 - 20 m environment.

The Eastern Triangular Butterflyfish has a purplish coloured body with yellow chevron-shaped markings on the side. More

eastern triangular butterflyfish (Chaetodon baronessa) Here's another photo which isn't too good. I originally identified this as an eastern triangular butterflyfish, but I'm now starting to think that was a mistake. More

Eastern Triangular Butterflyfish occur in tropical marine waters of the Eastern Indian Ocean to the Western Pacific, from the Cocos-Keeling Atoll, north to Japan, south to Australia and east to Fiji. More

The Eastern Triangular Butterflyfish Chaetodon baronessa ranges from Cocos-Keeling in the Indian Ocean as far east as Fiji, where we first saw this fish with its unusually red snout and nape. More

The Eastern Triangular Butterflyfish has a silvery purple body with cream or yellow chevron-shaped markings. There are three dark bars on the head including one through the eye. It has a broad dark bar with yellow edges on the tail. It has a highly... More

An elusive eastern triangular butterflyfish (Chaetodon baronessa) among the hard corals Travel Resources More

2 Eastern Triangular Butterflyfish, Chaetodon baronessa (Cuvier ... Explore our collections, exhibitions, natural history and indigenous cultures ... Eastern Triangular Butterflyfish, Chaetodon baronessa View full size ... australianmuseum.net. More

* Eastern Triangular Butterflyfish, Chaetodon baronessa (Cuvier, 1831) * Merten's Butterflyfish, Chaetodon mertensii (Cuvier, 1831) An Eight-banded Butterflyfish at Redang Island, Malaysia An Eight-banded Butterflyfish More

Common names

Alibang-bang in Davawenyo
Alibang-bang in Tagalog
Alibang-bang in Visayan
Alibangbang in Cebuano
Alibangbang in Kagayanen
Alibangbang in Tagalog
Alibangbang in Waray-waray
Bagang in Malay (bahasa Melayu)
Baro-baro in Visayan
Baroness butterflyfish in English
Boray-boray in Visayan
Chaetodon baronessa in French (français)
Dalang bukid in Tagalog
daliga ragutu in Fijian (vosa Vakaviti)
Eastern triangle butterflyfish in English
Eastern triangular butterflyfish in English
Herringbone coralfish in English
Kalaykalay in Tagbanwa Calamian
Kulibangbang in Bikol
Kulibangbang in Ilokano
Kulibangbang in Visayan
Mikado-chochô-uo in Japanese (日本語)
Pacific triangular butterflyfish in English
Paru-parang dagat in Tagalog
Paru-paro in Tagalog
Paru-paru in Tagalog
Tamparay in Bikol
Tapay-tapay in Visayan
Trekantet fanefisk in Danish (dansk)
Triangular butterflyfish in English
Triangular coralfish in English
三角紋蝶 in Mandarin Chinese
三角纹蝶 in Mandarin Chinese
天王蝶 in Mandarin Chinese
天皇蝶 in Mandarin Chinese
曲紋蝴蝶魚 in Mandarin Chinese
曲纹蝴蝶鱼 in Mandarin Chinese

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Order : Perciformes
Family : Chaetodontidae
Genus : Chaetodon
Species : Chaetodon baronessa
Authority : Cuvier, 1829