Sealife guideThe eastern triangle butterflyfishChaetodon baronessa
Last updated on 10/14/2024 at 11:45 PM
Taxonomy
- Common name: Eastern triangle butterflyfish, triangular butterflyfish
- French name: Poisson papillon triangulaire indien
- Scientific name: Chaetodon baronessa (Cuvier, 1829)
- Family name: Chaetodontidae
- Order name: Acanthuriformes
- Class name: Actinopterygii
Geographic range
The eastern triangle butterflyfish is found in the central Indo-Pacific region, from the Cocos Islands and Indonesia in the eastern Indian Ocean to the Fiji and Tonga islands, north to southern Japan, and south to New Caledonia and the New South Wales region in Australia.
The eastern triangle butterflyfish (Chaetodon baronessa) © Orlandin | Dreamstime.com
Did you know ?
The eastern triangle butterflyfish is listed as many other marine species within The IUCN Red List of threatened species. The eastern triangle butterflyfish appears in the IUCN Red List since 2010 within the category Least Concern !
Tips for observing
Be careful not to confuse the eastern triangle butterflyfish with two other species of butterflyfish looking similar, the triangle butterflyfish (Chaetodon triangulum) you can find in Madagascar, in Seychelles, in Mautitius island as well as in Chagos archipelago and the triangulate butterflyfish (Chaetodon trifascialis).
Within the same genus
Banded butterflyfish
(Chaetodon striatus)
(Chaetodon striatus)
Chevroned butterflyfish
(Chaetodon trifascialis)
(Chaetodon trifascialis)
Foureye butterflyfish
(Chaetodon capistratus)
(Chaetodon capistratus)
Masked butterflyfish
(Chaetodon semilarvatus)
(Chaetodon semilarvatus)
Ornate butterflyfish
(Chaetodon ornatissimus)
(Chaetodon ornatissimus)
Redfin butterflyfish
(Chaetodon lunulatus)
(Chaetodon lunulatus)
Saddled butterflyfish
(Chaetodon ephippium)
(Chaetodon ephippium)
Teardrop butterflyfish
(Chaetodon unimaculatus)
(Chaetodon unimaculatus)
Within the same family
Copperbanded butterfly
(Chelmon rostratus)
(Chelmon rostratus)
Horned bannerfish
(Heniochus varius)
(Heniochus varius)
Longnose butterflyfish
(Forcipiger flavissimus)
(Forcipiger flavissimus)
Orange banded butterflyfish
(Coradion chrysozonus)
(Coradion chrysozonus)
Pyramid butterflyfish
(Hemitaurichthys polylepis)
(Hemitaurichthys polylepis)
Singular bannerfish
(Heniochus singularius)
(Heniochus singularius)
Two eyed butterflyfish
(Coradion melanopus)
(Coradion melanopus)
Discover also
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(Corythoichthys intestinalis)
(Corythoichthys intestinalis)
Blackbelt hogfish
(Bodianus mesothorax)
(Bodianus mesothorax)
Jolthead porgy
(Calamus bajonado)
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(Stegastes diencaeus)
(Stegastes diencaeus)
Redband parrotfish
(Sparisoma aurofrenatum)
(Sparisoma aurofrenatum)
Royal angelfish
(Pygoplites diacanthus)
(Pygoplites diacanthus)
White seabream
(Diplodus sargus)
(Diplodus sargus)
Yellowsaddle goatfish
(Parupeneus cyclostomus)
(Parupeneus cyclostomus)
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