Sunburst butterflyfish

The Sunburst Butterflyfish is also known as the Black-lipped Butterflyfish or Klein's Butterflyfish.

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The Sunburst butterflyfish lives in the reef-associated, marine, depth range 4 - 61 m , usually 10 - m environment.

Sunburst butterflyfish, Chaetodon kleinii (sometimes placed in Lepidochaetodon) Bluelashed butterflyfish, Chaetodon bennetti (sometimes placed in Megaprotodon) Footnotes - 1. More

In the wild, the Sunburst Butterflyfish is found at depths of 4–61 meters, usually in deeper lagoons and channels and seaward reefs, swimming singly, or (particularly during breeding) in pairs. These fish are oviparous. More

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- Sunburst butterflyfish (Chaetodon kleinii) scientific nameChaetodon kleinii typological groups Fishes / Butterflyfishes type of water Saltwater size15 cm distribution Indian Ocean & Red Sea Pacific Ocean More Info Wikipedia Encyclopedia of Life WWF-Status dives 0 picturesSunburst butterflyfish (Chaetodon kleinii) 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)
Blacklip butterflyfish in English
Bluehead butterflyfish in English
Brown butterflyfish in English
Butterflyfish in English
Cá Bu?m nâu nh?t in Vietnamese (Tiếng Việt)
Cá Bướm nâu nhạt in Vietnamese (Tiếng Việt)
Chétodon de klein in French (français)
daliga ragutu in Fijian (vosa Vakaviti)
Kalaykalay in Tagbanwa Calamian
Kapiged in Ilokano
Kepe orange in Malay (bahasa Melayu)
Klein vlindervis in Afrikaans
Klein's butterfly in English
Klein's butterflyfish in English
Klein's coralfish in English
Klein’s butterfly fish in English
Klein’s butterfly fish in English
Kleins Falterfisch in German (Deutsch)
Kleins fanefisk in Danish (dansk)
Lauhau in Hawaiian
Mariposa in sp
Mariposa de barra penumbre in Spanish (español)
Mizore-chô-chô-uo in Japanese (日本語)
Papillon in Creole, French
Papillon in Creoles and Pidgins, French
Papillon in English
Papillon de Klein in French (français)
Papillon jaune in French (français)
Paru-paro in Tagalog
Paru-parung dagat in Tagalog
Pavillon in Creole, French
Pavillon in Creoles and Pidgins, French
Poisson-papillon de Klein in French (français)
Sunburst butterflyfish in English
Tifitifi in Samoan (gagana fa'a Samoa)
Weißpunkt-Falterfisch in German (Deutsch)
White-spotted butterflyfish in English
whitespotted butterflyfish in English
Yellowspot butterflyfish in English
克氏蝴蝶魚 in Mandarin Chinese
克氏蝴蝶鱼 in Mandarin Chinese
珠蝴蝶魚 in Mandarin Chinese
珠蝴蝶鱼 in Mandarin Chinese
菠萝蝶 in Mandarin Chinese
蓝头蝶 in Mandarin Chinese
藍頭蝶 in Mandarin Chinese
鳳梨蝶 in Mandarin Chinese

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Order : Perciformes
Family : Chaetodontidae
Genus : Chaetodon
Species : Chaetodon kleinii
Authority : Bloch, 1790