Chevron butterflyfish

Adults have an elongate white body with narrow chevron markings and may be up to 18 cm in length.

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The Chevron butterflyfish lives in the reef-associated, marine, depth range 2 - 30 m environment.

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The Phillipine Chevron Butterflyfish are found in the East Indies, the Philippines, and Okinawa. They are very similar to three other butterflyfish, C. mertensii, C. madagascariensis, and C. paucifasciatus. The regions where these fish are found do not overlap. More

For the Philippines Chevron Butterflyfish, see Chaetodon xanthurus. "Triangulate butterflyfish" redirects here; for the triangular butterflyfishes, see C. baronessa and C. triangulum. More

Butterflyfish or Philippines Chevron Butterflyfish (the Chevron Butterflyfish is an unrelated species of Chaetodon). It is found on or around the reefs of the western Pacific Ocean from Indonesia and the Philippines north to the Ryukyu Islands. More

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The Chevron butterflyfish, Chaetodon trifascialis, is found in many tropical areas. Due to this species’ widespread distribution, it would be the last candidate for population depletion. But there is more to the issue. More

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The Chevron butterflyfish (Chaetodon trifascialis) is a widespread species found throughout the Indo-Pacific from the Red Sea and East Africa to the Hawaiian and Society islands. More

Chevron butterflyfishes can be found all the way from Africa to Hawaii and Tahiti. Like most other butterflyfish they eat coral polyps, and they also eat the mucus which coral produces in great quantities every day. More

Common names

Acropora butterfly in English
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)
Chaetodon trifascialis in French (français)
Chevron butterflyfish in English
Chevroned butterflyfish in English
daliga ragutu in Fijian (vosa Vakaviti)
Handupholimas in Mahl
Kapiged in Ilokano
Ligeriger in Austronesian (Other)
Ligeriger in Carolinian
Pakkikkadiya in Malayalam (മലയാളം)
Papillon à chevrons in French (français)
Paraharaha in Tahitian (Reo Mā`ohi)
Paru-paro in Tagalog
Paru-parung dagat in Tagalog
Reghoekige vlindervis in Afrikaans
Ribob in Marshall
Ribob in Marshallese (Kajin M̧ajeļ)
Right-angled butterfly-fish in English
Rightangle butterflyfish in English
rightangled butterflyfish in English
Tetapeh in Malay (bahasa Melayu)
Tifitifi-sae'u in Samoan (gagana fa'a Samoa)
Triangulate butterflyfish in English
V-lined butterflyfish in English
Vinkel-fanefisk in Danish (dansk)
Yarikatagi in Japanese (日本語)
പക്കി ക്കടിയ  in Malayalam (മലയാളം)
പക്കിക്കടിയന് in Malayalam (മലയാളം)
三紋蝴蝶魚 in Mandarin Chinese
三纹蝴蝶鱼 in Mandarin Chinese
川紋蝴蝶魚 in Mandarin Chinese
川纹蝴蝶鱼 in Mandarin Chinese
排骨蝶 in Mandarin Chinese
箭蝶 in Mandarin Chinese
羽紋蝴蝶魚 in Mandarin Chinese
羽纹蝴蝶鱼 in Mandarin Chinese

Order : Perciformes
Family : Chaetodontidae
Genus : Chaetodon
Species : Chaetodon trifascialis
Authority : Quoy and Gaimard, 1825