Sunburst butterflyfish

Sunburst butterflyfish
Western color morph at Pemba Island (Tanzania)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Acanthuriformes
Family: Chaetodontidae
Genus: Chaetodon
Subgenus: Lepidochaetodon
Species:
C. kleinii
Binomial name
Chaetodon kleinii
Bloch, 1790
Synonyms[2]
  • Anisochaetodon kleinii (Bloch, 1790)
  • Exornator exornator kleinii (Bloch, 1790)
  • Chaetodon melastomus Bloch & Schneider, 1801
  • Chaetodon melammystax Bloch & Schneider, 1801
  • Chaetodon flavescens Bennett, 1831
  • Chaetodon virescens Cuvier, 1831
  • Chaetodon bellulus Thiollière, 1857
  • Chaetodon corallicola Snyder, 1904
  • Chaetodon cingulatus Fowler, 1934

The sunburst butterflyfish (Chaetodon kleinii), also known as the black-lipped butterflyfish, "blacklip butterflyfish" or Klein's butterflyfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a butterflyfish belonging to the family Chaetodontidae. This is an Indo-Pacific species of reef habitats.

  1. ^ Rocha, L.A.; Pyle, R.; Myers, R.F.; Craig, M.T.; Pratchett, M. (2010). "Chaetodon kleinii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T165628A6072507. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T165628A6072507.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Chaetodon keleinii". FishBase. December 2019 version.