Raccoon butterflyfish

Not to be confused with Chaetodon lunulatus, the oval butterflyfish.

Raccoon butterflyfish
Off Kona (Hawaiʻi), feeding on a sea urchin while a saddle wrasse, Thalassoma duperrey (lower left), waits for morsels
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Acanthuriformes
Family: Chaetodontidae
Genus: Chaetodon
Subgenus: Chaetodon (Rabdophorus)
Species:
C. lunula
Binomial name
Chaetodon lunula
(Lacépède, 1802)
Synonyms[2]
  • Pomacentrus lunula Lacepède, 1802
  • Chaetodontops lunula (Lacepède, 1802)
  • Tetragonoptrus lunula (Lacepède, 1802)
  • Chaetodon biocellatus Cuvier, 1831
  • Tetragonoptrus biocellatus (Cuvier, 1831)

The raccoon butterflyfish (Chaetodon lunula), also known as the crescent-masked butterflyfish, lunule butterflyfish, halfmoon butterflyfish, moon butterflyfish, raccoon butterfly, raccoon, raccoon coralfish, and redstriped butterflyfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a butterflyfish belonging to the family Chaetodontidae. It is found in the Indian and Pacific Oceans.

  1. ^ Pyle, R.; Craig, M.T.; Pratchett, M. (2010). "Chaetodon lunula". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T165651A6080984. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T165651A6080984.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Chaetodon lunula". FishBase. December 2019 version.