Sixspine butterflyfish

The Sixspine butterflyfish lives in the reef-associated, marine environment.

The Sixspine butterflyfish is distributed to the Indo-Pacific Ocean: from India and Sri Lanka to Fiji, north to Ryukyu and Bonin Islands, and south to northern Great Barrier Reef and New South Wales; sometimes seen in shallow bays and estuaries at a depth of 3 More

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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
Bendera in Malay (bahasa Melayu)
Boray-boray in Visayan
Dalang bukid in Tagalog
Eye-spot butterflyfish in English
False batfish in English
Fläckfenad Fjärilsfisk in Swedish (Svenska)
Kaha-kaha putih in Malay (bahasa Melayu)
Keper laut in Malay (bahasa Melayu)
Kulibangbang in Bikol
Nê-vë in Numee
NÍ-vë in Numee
Ocellate butterflyfish in English
Ocellate coralfish in English
Ocellated butterflyfish in English
Ocellated coral in English
Paru-parang dagat in Tagalog
Paru-paro in Tagalog
Paru-paru in Tagalog
Paru-parung dagat in Tagalog
Sekspigget fanefisk in Danish (dansk)
Six-spined butterfly-fish in English
Six-spined coralfish in English
Sixspine butterflyfish in English
sixspined butterflyfish in English
Tamparay in Bikol
Tapay-tapay in Visayan
Tentsuki-chôchô-uo in Japanese (日本語)
副蝴蝶魚 in Mandarin Chinese
副蝴蝶鱼 in Mandarin Chinese

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Order : Perciformes
Family : Chaetodontidae
Genus : Parachaetodon
Species : Parachaetodon ocellatus
Authority : Cuvier, 1831